scotch
skoch
- n a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- n whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still
- v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- v make a small cut or score into
- a of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
- s avoiding waste
`scotch' is used only informally
- India's liquor makers challenge Europe's Old Guard in the market for Asia's scotch lovers.