scotch vs spoil

scotch

verb
  • To prevent (something) from being successful. 

  • To debunk or discredit an idea or rumor. 

  • To beat yarn in order to break up slugs and align the threads. 

  • To rape. 

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

  • To block a wheel or other round object. 

  • To cut or score; to wound superficially. 

noun
  • A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch. 

  • Scotch tape 

  • A surface cut or abrasion. 

  • A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping. 

spoil

verb
  • To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. 

  • To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. 

  • To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time. 

  • To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it. 

  • Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. 

  • To reduce the lift generated by an airplane or wing by deflecting air upwards, usually with a spoiler. 

noun
  • Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or dredging. Tailings. Such material could be utilised somewhere else. 

  • Plunder taken from an enemy or victim. 

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