scart
verb (used with or without object)
to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.
scart
American
[skahrt]
/ skɑrt /
verb (used with or without object)
Scot.
scart
1
British
/ skært /
verb
noun
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a scratch or scrape
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a stroke of a pen
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a small amount; scraping
Scart
2
British
/ skɑːt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of scart
1325–75; Middle English (Scots), metathetic variant of scrat to scratch
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The viewing gallery of the Point, a building seemingly designed to resemble an enormous scart lead port, was never anything other than heaving.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
The court heard how Ms McMillan, now of Dirkhill Road, Bradford, tried to move the television to plug in a scart lead so she could watch a DVD when it toppled off a cupboard.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2012
It’ll be time for ye to be getting scart when ye see the tombsteans all run away with, and the place as bare as a stubble-field.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
The steerin' mither strang afit Noo shoos the bairnies but a bit; Noo cries them ben, their Sinday shüit To scart upon them, Or sweeties in their pouch to pit, Wi' blessin's on them.
From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis
I'd heard shootin' there, but that's always goin' on about here, I didn't think nothin' of that, but I was scart by things I seen when I got to the Banks, an' I looked about.
From Nobody's Child by Dejeans, Elizabeth
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