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From Middle English scracchen, of uncertain origin. Probably a blend of Middle English scratten (“to scratch”) and cracchen (“to scratch”). More at scrat and cratch.

From scratch.

347 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: cızıq — disruption or mark on a surface
• Basque: urratu — disruption or mark on a surface
• Belarusian: дра́піна (drápina) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Bulgarian: драскоти́на (draskotína) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Catalan: esgarrapada — disruption or mark on a surface
• Catalan: esgarrinxada — disruption or mark on a surface
• Catalan: esgarrap — disruption or mark on a surface
• Czech: škrábanec — disruption or mark on a surface
• Czech: šrám — disruption or mark on a surface
• Danish: ridse — disruption or mark on a surface
• Dutch: kras — disruption or mark on a surface
• Esperanto: grato — disruption or mark on a surface
• Finnish: naarmu — disruption or mark on a surface
• Finnish: viiru — disruption or mark on a surface
• French: éraflure — disruption or mark on a surface
• French: égratignure — disruption or mark on a surface
• French: rayure — disruption or mark on a surface
• Galician: rabuñada — disruption or mark on a surface
• Galician: amata — disruption or mark on a surface
• Galician: rabuño — disruption or mark on a surface
• Galician: rascada — disruption or mark on a surface
• German: Kratzer — disruption or mark on a surface
• Greek: γρατζουνιά (gratzouniá) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Ancient Greek: ἀμυχή (amukhḗ) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Hebrew: שְׂרִיטָה (s'ritá) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Hungarian: karc — disruption or mark on a surface
• Hungarian: karcolás — disruption or mark on a surface
• Italian: graffio — disruption or mark on a surface
• Italian: strappo — disruption or mark on a surface
• Italian: incrinatura — disruption or mark on a surface
• Khmer: ថ្នស់ (thnɑh) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Persian: خراش (xarâš) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Plautdietsch: Schraum — disruption or mark on a surface
• Polish: rysa — disruption or mark on a surface
• Polish: zadrapanie — disruption or mark on a surface
• Portuguese: arranhão — disruption or mark on a surface
• Portuguese: risco — disruption or mark on a surface
• Romansh: sgriffel — disruption or mark on a surface
• Russian: цара́пина (carápina) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Scottish Gaelic: sgrìobadh — disruption or mark on a surface
• Spanish: arañazo — disruption or mark on a surface
• Spanish: rayadura — disruption or mark on a surface
• Swedish: repa — disruption or mark on a surface
• Swedish: rivsår — disruption or mark on a surface
• Turkish: çizik — disruption or mark on a surface
• Ukrainian: подря́пина (podrjápyna) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Ukrainian: дря́пина (drjápyna) — disruption or mark on a surface
• Vietnamese: vết cào — disruption or mark on a surface
• Vietnamese: vết xước — disruption or mark on a surface
• Zazaki: çığiz — disruption or mark on a surface
• Bulgarian: чеса́не (česáne) — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Finnish: raapiminen — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Hungarian: vakarás — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Hungarian: megvakarás — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Hungarian: vakaródzás — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Italian: grattamento — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Russian: чеса́ние (česánije) — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Zazaki: wereynayen — an act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation
• Bulgarian: мангизи (mangizi) — money
• Dutch: centen — money
• Finnish: raha — money
• French: pognon — money
• French: flouze — money
• French: blé — money
• French: grisbi — money
• French: thune — money
• Italian: malloppo — money
• Italian: grana — money
• Russian: ба́бки (bábki) — money
• Zazaki: derben — money
• Albanian: gërryej — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Albanian: gërric — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Albanian: gërrith — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Arabic: خَرْبَشَ (ḵarbaša) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Arabic: خربش (ḵarbiš) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Arabic: خَرْبَش (ḵarbaš) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Armenian: քերծել (kʻercel) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Armenian: քորել (kʻorel) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Assamese: আঁচোৰ (ãsür) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Azerbaijani: cızmaq — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Basque: urratu — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Belarusian: дра́паць (drápacʹ) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Bulgarian: дра́щя (dráštja) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Bulgarian: дра́скам (dráskam) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Burmese: ကုတ် (kut) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Catalan: rascar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Catalan: esgarrapar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Catalan: gratar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Chinese Cantonese: 𢯎 (ngaau1) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Chinese Mandarin: 抓 (zhuā) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Chinese Mandarin: 划 (huá) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Chinese Mandarin: 搔 (sāo) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Czech: škrábat — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Czech: škrábnout — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Czech: poškrabat — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Danish: klø — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Danish: ridse — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Dutch: krassen — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Dutch: krabben — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Elfdalian: raiva — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Esperanto: grati — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Estonian: sügama — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Estonian: kratsima — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Faroese: skava — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Faroese: skøva — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Faroese: rispa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Finnish: raapia — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Finnish: kynsiä — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Finnish: rapsuttaa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• French: gratter — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: rascar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: cozar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: rañar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: fuñir — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Georgian: კაწვრა (ḳac̣vra) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Georgian: ფხაჭნა (pxač̣na) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Georgian: გაკაწვრა (gaḳac̣vra) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• German: kratzen — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Greek: ξύνω (xýno) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ancient Greek: ξύω (xúō) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ancient Greek: κνήθω (knḗthō) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hebrew: גֵּרֵד (geréd) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hindi: नोचना (nocnā) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: vakar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: megvakar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: karcol — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: megkarcol — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: karistol — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: kapar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Icelandic: skafa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Icelandic: rispa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ingrian: kraappia — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ingrian: kraapata — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ingrian: karsia — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ingrian: karsittaa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ingrian: kraamia — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Irish: scríob — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Irish: tochais — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Italian: grattare — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Italian: graffiare — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Japanese: 引っ掻く (hikkaku) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Kashubian: drapac — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Khmer: អេះ (ʼeh) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Korean: 긁다 (geukda) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Korean: 할퀴다 (halkwida) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ladino: araskar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ladino: areskunyar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Latin: scabō — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Latin: scalpō — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Lombard: grattà — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Lushootseed: ʔix̌ — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Macedonian: драска (draska) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Malay: menggaru — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: ope — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: raku — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: rakuraku — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: raraku — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: rapi — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: rapirapi — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Māori: rarapi — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Nivkh: ӽарпть (ẋarpț) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Occitan: rascar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Occitan: gratar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Old Galician-Portuguese: coçar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Oromo: hooquu — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Persian: خراشیدن (xarâšidan) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Polish: drapać — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Polish: drapnąć — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Polish: skrobać — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Polish: skrobnąć — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Portuguese: coçar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Portuguese: rascar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Portuguese: raspar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Rapa Nui: raku — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Romanian: scărpina — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Romansh: sgrattar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: поцара́пать (pocarápatʹ) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: шкря́бать (škrjábatʹ) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: пошкря́бать (poškrjábatʹ) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Sanskrit: रदति (radati) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Slovak: škrabať — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Spanish: rascar — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Swedish: klösa — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Sylheti: ꠀꠌ꠆ꠞꠣꠘꠤ (asrani) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Tetum: koi — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Thai: เกา (gao) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Tibetan: སྦར་བྲད་བརྒྱབ (sbar brad brgyab) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Turkish: çizmek — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیمق (kazımak) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ukrainian: шкря́бати (škrjábaty) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Ukrainian: дря́пати (drjápaty) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Vietnamese: gãi — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Welsh: crafu — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Welsh: cripio — rub a surface with a sharp object
• West Flemish: schartn — rub a surface with a sharp object
• West Flemish: skartn — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Yao (Africa): kumwaga — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Yiddish: קראַצן (kratsn) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Yiddish: צעקראַצן (tsekratsn) — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Zazaki: wıreynayen — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Zazaki: wıreyen — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Zealandic: krasse — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Zealandic: kraeuwe — rub a surface with a sharp object
• Albanian: gërvisht — rub the skin with rough material
• Armenian: ճանկռել (čankṙel) — rub the skin with rough material
• Azerbaijani: qaşımaq — rub the skin with rough material
• Basque: hatz egin — rub the skin with rough material
• Basque: azkura egin — rub the skin with rough material
• Basque: aznahi egin — rub the skin with rough material
• Belarusian: часа́ць (časácʹ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Bulgarian: жу́ля (žúlja) — rub the skin with rough material
• Catalan: gratar — rub the skin with rough material
• Chinese Mandarin: 搔癢 /搔痒 (sāoyǎng) — rub the skin with rough material
• Faroese: skriða — rub the skin with rough material
• Faroese: skræða — rub the skin with rough material
• Finnish: hieroa — rub the skin with rough material
• Finnish: hiertää — rub the skin with rough material
• French: égratigner — rub the skin with rough material
• Galician: rafar — rub the skin with rough material
• Galician: eslasar — rub the skin with rough material
• Galician: raspiñar — rub the skin with rough material
• Galician: raspar — rub the skin with rough material
• German: kratzen — rub the skin with rough material
• Greek: ξύνω (xýno) — rub the skin with rough material
• Ancient Greek: ξύω (xúō) — rub the skin with rough material
• Ancient Greek: ἀμύσσω (amússō) — rub the skin with rough material
• Gujarati: ખંજવાળવું (khãjvāḷvũ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Hungarian: szúr — rub the skin with rough material
• Indonesian: garuk — rub the skin with rough material
• Italian: graffiare — rub the skin with rough material
• Italian: raspare — rub the skin with rough material
• Italian: grattare — rub the skin with rough material
• Latin: scabō — rub the skin with rough material
• Lithuanian: braižyti — rub the skin with rough material
• Marathi: खाजवणे (khājavṇe) — rub the skin with rough material
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klø — rub the skin with rough material
• Portuguese: raspar — rub the skin with rough material
• Portuguese: arranhar — rub the skin with rough material
• Romanian: zgâria — rub the skin with rough material
• Russian: чеса́ть (česátʹ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Russian: почеса́ть (počesátʹ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Russian: царапать (carapatʹ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Russian: поцарапать (pocarapatʹ) — rub the skin with rough material
• Spanish: raspar — rub the skin with rough material
• Sundanese: garo — rub the skin with rough material
• Tagalog: kamot — rub the skin with rough material
• Tagalog: kagkag — rub the skin with rough material
• Turkish: kaşındırmak — rub the skin with rough material
• Ukrainian: чу́хати (čúxaty) — rub the skin with rough material
• Zazaki: wıreyneyayen — rub the skin with rough material
• Zealandic: kraeuwe — rub the skin with rough material
• Albanian: grith — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Bulgarian: дра́скам (dráskam) — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• French: piquer — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Galician: raspar — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Galician: picar — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Hungarian: szúr — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Portuguese: picar — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Zazaki: zan (diq) — irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing
• Bulgarian: одра́сквам (odráskvam) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Catalan: arpejar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Chinese Cantonese: 刮 (gwaat3) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Dutch: krassen — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Estonian: kriimustama — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Finnish: naarmuttaa — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Finnish: raapia — mark a surface with a sharp object
• French: rayer — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: rabuñar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: gaduñar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: eslagañar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: raspuñar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Galician: grafiñar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• German: zerkratzen — mark a surface with a sharp object
• German: verkratzen — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Greek: χαράσσω (charásso) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Ancient Greek: κνίζω (knízō) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Hebrew: שָׂרַט (sarat) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: karcol — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Hungarian: megkarcol — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Italian: graffiare — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Latin: scabo — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Portuguese: arranhar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Portuguese: riscar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Quechua: hallp'iy — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Quechua: hasp'iy — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Romanian: zgâria — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Romansh: sgrifflar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: цара́пать (carápatʹ) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Russian: поцара́пать (pocarápatʹ) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Spanish: arañar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Spanish: rasguñar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Spanish: rayar — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Turkish: çizmek — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیمق (kazımak) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Zazaki: xizen — mark a surface with a sharp object
• Bulgarian: заче́рквам (začérkvam) — remove, ignore, or delete
• Finnish: pyyhkiä — remove, ignore, or delete
• French: biffer — remove, ignore, or delete
• French: rayer — remove, ignore, or delete
• French: oblitérer — remove, ignore, or delete
• Greek: σβήνω (svíno) — remove, ignore, or delete
• Hungarian: töröl — remove, ignore, or delete
• Hungarian: kitöröl — remove, ignore, or delete
• Hungarian: kihúz — remove, ignore, or delete
• Irish: cuir ar ceal — remove, ignore, or delete
• Italian: obliterare — remove, ignore, or delete
• Latin: annullare — remove, ignore, or delete
• Portuguese: apagar — remove, ignore, or delete
• Portuguese: riscar — remove, ignore, or delete
• Russian: зачеркну́ть (začerknútʹ) — remove, ignore, or delete
• Russian: зачёркать (začórkatʹ) — remove, ignore, or delete
• Russian: вы́черкнуть (výčerknutʹ) — remove, ignore, or delete
• Swedish: stryka — remove, ignore, or delete
• Zazaki: esteren — remove, ignore, or delete
• Zazaki: ternayen — remove, ignore, or delete
• Bulgarian: дра́скам (dráskam) — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Dutch: krabbelen — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Finnish: raapustaa — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• French: griffonner — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Hungarian: firkant — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Hungarian: lefirkant — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Hungarian: firkál — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Portuguese: escrevinhar — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Zazaki: anten — write or draw hastily or awkwardly
• Bulgarian: дра́щя (dráštja) — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Faroese: klóra — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Finnish: raapia — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Finnish: kynsiä — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• French: griffer — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Galician: rabuñar — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• German: kratzen — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Hebrew: שָׂרַט (sarát) — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Hungarian: karmol — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Hungarian: megkarmol — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Norwegian Bokmål: klore — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Norwegian Bokmål: skrape — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Norwegian Bokmål: kløne — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Portuguese: arranhar — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Quechua: silluy — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Russian: поцара́пать (pocarápatʹ) — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Russian: поцара́паться (pocarápatʹsja) — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Spanish: arañar — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Swedish: riva — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure
• Yakut: тыҥырахтаа (tïŋïraqtaa) — dig or scrape with claws or fingernails with the intention to injure