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scotch

Definition

  • noun: a kind of whiskey that is made in Scotland
  • verb: to stop (something) from continuing by doing or saying something
  • verb: to put an end to
  • adjective: inclined to frugality
  • used for a type of adhesive tape
  • synonyms: cut, wound, scottish

Examples

  • The administration did everything possible to 'scotch' [='squelch'] the rumors.

  • I'll have another 'Scotch' [=a glass of Scotch], please.

  • a bottle of 'Scotch'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the music you need, folks. Come on, now. You never been a wheelman? You never had a lucky song? Well, a cigarette song. Apres-heist, glass of scotch. Absolutely. But not before a job. I got enough demons right here playing music all the time. Yeah, well, that I believe. (..)
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