An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface.
A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room.
A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced.
The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene.
An overwhelming blow.
To employ the knockdown technique
To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer
powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down
Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal.
An injury.
An act of scratching the skin to alleviate an itch or irritation.
Money.
A feed, usually a mixture of a few common grains, given to chickens.
A horse withdrawn from a race prior to the start.
Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy.
A scratch wig.
A genre of Virgin Islander music, better known as fungi.
A technical error of touching or surpassing the starting mark prior to the official start signal in the sporting events of long jump, discus, hammer throw, shot put, and similar. Originally the starting mark was a scratch on the ground but is now a board or precisely indicated mark.
A starting line (originally and simply, a line scratched in the ground), as in boxing.
Scrawled or illegible handwriting; chicken scratch.
The last riders to depart in a handicap race.
A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
A foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
(of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
to get such scratches
To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving a scratch (noun).
To produce a distinctive sound on a turntable by moving a vinyl record back and forth while manipulating the crossfader (see also scratching).
To irritate someone's skin with one's unshaven beard when kissing.
To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation; to cause itching.
To commit a foul in pool, as where the cue ball is put into a pocket or jumps off the table.
To write or draw hastily or awkwardly; scrawl.
To cross out, strike out, strike through some text on a page.
To dig or excavate with the claws.
To dig or scrape (a person's skin) with claws or fingernails in self-defense or with the intention to injure.
To announce one's non-participation in a race or sports event part of a larger sports meeting that they were previously signed up for, usually in lieu of another event at the same meeting.
Hence, to remove, ignore, or delete.