· a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

Synonym(s): score

Hypernym(s): incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent

· whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still

Synonym(s): Scotch, Scotch_whiskey, Scotch_whisky, malt_whiskey, malt_whisky, Scotch_malt_whiskey, Scotch_malt_whisky

Hypernym(s): whiskey, whisky

· hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

Synonym(s): thwart, queer, spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

Hypernym(s): prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid

· make a small cut or score into

Hypernym(s): score, nock, mark

· of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language; "Scots Gaelic"; "the Scots community in New York"; "`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'"; "`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'"

Synonym(s): Scots, Scottish, Scotch

· avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

Synonym(s): economical, frugal, sparing, stinting