scart

American  

[skahrt] / skɑrt /

verb (used with or without object)

Scot.

1. to scratch, scrape, mark, or scar.

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scart ¹ British  

/ skært /

verb

1. to scratch or scrape

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noun

1. a scratch or scrape

2. a stroke of a pen

3. a small amount; scraping

Scart ² British  

/ skɑːt /

noun

1. electronics

   1. a 21-pin plug-and-socket system which carries picture, sound, and other signals, used especially in home entertainment systems

   2. ( as modifier )

      a Scart cable

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Etymology

Origin of scart

1325–75; Middle English (Scots), metathetic variant of scrat to scratch

Example Sentences

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

I've heard it said that a good example will steady you when you're scart.

From Plain Mary Smith A Romance of Red Saunders by Phillips, Henry Wallace

Elder Dusenberry's wife tore her best silk dress, an the Insine who had primed himself for a big speech on the occashin, had it all scart out of him.

From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Smith, Seba