scotch

1. (transitive) To cut or score; to wound superficially.Examples: "We have scotched the snake, not killed it."transitive

2. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being successful.Examples: "The rain scotched his plans of going to the beach."Synonyms: foil, put the kibosh on, thwarttransitive

3. (transitive) To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor.Examples: "The prime minister scotched rumors of his resignation."; "Other declassified files from the 1960s show that the Northern Ireland government discussed a proposed tunnel to Scotland. Several district councils and a US firm, Technical Studies Inc, championed the idea, but Stormont officials scotched it as impractical and too expensive."transitive

4. (transitive) To block a wheel or other round object.Examples: "The workers stopped the rig on an incline and scotched the wheels."; "The pantechnicon was running away. It had perceived the wrath to come and was fleeing. Its guardians had evidently left it imperfectly scotched or braked, and it had got loose."Synonyms: chock, blocktransitive

5. (transitive) To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.transitive

6. (transitive, textile manufacturing) To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads.Examples: "Yarn is scotched immediately after it has been dried and while it is still warm. http://www.google.com/patents?id=DXdGAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP3&vq=scotched&dq=scotching"transitive