Scotch (disambiguation)
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Scotch may refer to:
- Scotch, an adjective meaning 'of Scotland'. The Scots prefer Scottish or Scots.
- a scotch block is another name for a chock, a wedge which is placed under a vehicle's wheel to stop it moving
- to scotch is to quash, refute or defeat. This usage is derived entirely from a Shakespeare quotation: We have scotch'd the snake, not killed it (Macbeth; Act 3, Scene ii) which probably should read scorch
- Scotch College is the name of private schools associated with the Presbyterian Church and/or the Uniting Church, in Australia.
- Scotch whisky, a whisky made in Scotland - commonly abbreviated as "Scotch"
- Scotch egg, a boiled egg served wrapped in sausage meat, then dipped in breadcrumbs, and fried
- Scotch pancake, a small, often buttered, sweet pancake served as a teatime dessert
- Scotch Tape, a commercial brand name for a type of adhesive tape made by 3M
- Scotch was also a brand name used by 3M until 1996 for recordable media such as audio cassettes and video cassettes.
- Scotch mist, a term for something which does not exist
- Scotch mist, a cocktail whose main ingredient is whisky
- Hopscotch (in Scotland, peevers), a children's game where a bed is marked out with chalk lines on the pavement to form a series of squares and the children (usually girls) take turns to slide the peever (often a round stone or a shoe polish tin filled with sand) along the bed and then try to hop and jump from square to square to reach the peever without misstep
- Butterscotch, a kind of hard toffee. The scotch has the same origin as in hopscotch. The toffee was notched, or scored, to make it easier to break into pieces
- Scotch Ale, a type of strong ale found in Scotland and North East England. Scotch ales are normally strong, malty and dark in colour
- Scotch, an Italian disco/pop group during the 1980s, consisting of members Vince Lancini & Franz Felleti. Memorable hits include "Disco Band" and "Delirio Mind"
- Scotch Game, a chess opening
- Scotch (band), a Russian emocore-band