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hen scratch

noun

as in scratch

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  1. scratch
  2. scribble
  3. scrawl
  4. handwriting
Noun
  • Even if Bell plays, if Douglas can’t play Sunday against the Chiefs, wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, who has been a healthy scratch in the first two games, can be kept active on game day.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
  • But after being a late scratch in that game, Stewart was ruled out early of USC’s Big Ten opener against Rutgers.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of scratch
Noun
  • The scribble-scratch of a notepad pushed against the silence.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But autos were precarious contraptions at the start of the 20th century, and America’s national system of roads was little more than a faint scribble on the map.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of scribble
Noun
  • At the center of it all is an FBI agent’s handwritten scrawl, detailing an alleged murder confession by a man who is missing and widely believed to have been murdered.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The script is usually written in a nameless scrawl.
    — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
Definition of scrawl
Noun
  • The support for styluses like the Surface Pen on touch screens is robust, with incredibly smooth handwriting-to-text conversion and pressure sensitivity.
    — Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The teachers scanned their work and used AI to analyze how their handwriting could improve.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of handwriting
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“Hen scratch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hen%20scratch. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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