scratcher

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English

Etymology

From scratch +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

scratcher (plural scratchers)

  1. Someone who scratches.
  2. A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
  3. An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats
  4. (gambling) A scratch card.
  5. (slang) A bed.
  6. (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
  7. (slang) A counterfeiter.
    • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 93:
      “I’m what they used to call a scratcher,” the Ukrainian said. “Dupes, counterfeits, identification. Turn wrong names right.”
  8. (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
  9. A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

scratcher

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) to scratch, to make a scratch
    Synonym: égratigner

Conjugation

Conjugation of scratcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple scratcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple scratchant
/skʁat.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle scratché
/skʁat.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scratche
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratches
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratche
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratchons
/skʁat.ʃɔ̃/ 		scratchez
/skʁat.ʃe/ 		scratchent
/skʁatʃ/
imperfect scratchais
/skʁat.ʃɛ/ 		scratchais
/skʁat.ʃɛ/ 		scratchait
/skʁat.ʃɛ/ 		scratchions
/skʁat.ʃjɔ̃/ 		scratchiez
/skʁat.ʃje/ 		scratchaient
/skʁat.ʃɛ/
past historic2 scratchai
/skʁat.ʃe/ 		scratchas
/skʁat.ʃa/ 		scratcha
/skʁat.ʃa/ 		scratchâmes
/skʁat.ʃam/ 		scratchâtes
/skʁat.ʃat/ 		scratchèrent
/skʁat.ʃɛʁ/
future scratcherai
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁe/ 		scratcheras
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁa/ 		scratchera
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁa/ 		scratcherons
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ 		scratcherez
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁe/ 		scratcheront
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional scratcherais
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		scratcherais
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		scratcherait
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		scratcherions
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		scratcheriez
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁje/ 		scratcheraient
/skʁat.ʃə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present scratche
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratches
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratche
/skʁatʃ/ 		scratchions
/skʁat.ʃjɔ̃/ 		scratchiez
/skʁat.ʃje/ 		scratchent
/skʁatʃ/
imperfect2 scratchasse
/skʁat.ʃas/ 		scratchasses
/skʁat.ʃas/ 		scratchât
/skʁat.ʃa/ 		scratchassions
/skʁat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		scratchassiez
/skʁat.ʃa.sje/ 		scratchassent
/skʁat.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — scratche
/skʁatʃ/ 		— scratchons
/skʁat.ʃɔ̃/ 		scratchez
/skʁat.ʃe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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