Usually means: Stopping or blocking something effectively.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word scotching:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. scotching: Merriam-Webster
  2. scotching: Collins English Dictionary
  3. scotching: Vocabulary.com
  4. scotching: Wordnik
  5. scotching: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. scotching: Wiktionary
  7. scotching: Dictionary.com
  8. scotching: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Scotching: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. scotching: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Scotching: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. scotching: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Scotching: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scotching: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scotching: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scotching: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See scotch as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (scotch)

noun:  A surface cut or abrasion.
noun:  A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
noun:  A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.
verb:  (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.
verb:  (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.
verb:  (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.
verb:  (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.
verb:  (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.
verb:  (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To clothe or cover up.
noun:  Scotch tape
verb:  (transitive, Australian rhyming slang) To rape.
noun:  (dated) The Scots language.
noun:  (dated) The Scottish dialect of English.
noun:  (dated) The people of Scotland.
noun:  (chess, informal) The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.
noun:  (uncountable) Whisky distilled in Scotland, especially from malted barley.
noun:  (countable) Any variety of Scotch.
noun:  (countable) A glass of Scotch.
adjective:  (dated) Of or from Scotland; Scottish.
adjective:  Alternative form of Scotch (“Scottish”) [(dated) Of or from Scotland; Scottish.]
noun:  Alternative form of Scotch (“whisky”) [(dated) The Scots language.]
▸ Also see scotch


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