Scratch

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Scratch may refer to:

• A scratch is physical damage such as a groove in a physical surface such as a painted or unpainted surface, or the skin
• Scratching is a response caused by an itch
• Scratch Orchestra, an orchestra founded by Cornelius Cardew
• Scratch (programming language), a visual programming language
• "Scratch", the nickname of influential Jamaican recording artist Lee "Scratch" Perry
• Scratching, the technique of moving a vinyl record back and forth with your hand while it is playing on a turntable
• Scratching, the technique of playing dampened strings on the guitar
• Scratches (game), a mystery adventure computer game by Nucleosys
• Scratch (film), a documentary film about disc jockeys and hip hop culture
• Scratch and Grounder, fictional robots who appeared in the TV show Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and the game Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine that was based on the TV show.
• Scratch (hacker jargon), in hacker jargon, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes
• Scratch (play), a 1971 stage play by Archibald MacLeish
• "Old Scratch", a colloquialism for the devil, as indicated by the name of the character in the Stephen Vincent Benét short story, "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
• "Scratch," a song by Morphine from their 1995 album Yes
• On scratch is the term used in handicap competitions for a player with no handicap or the maximum handicap (depending on the way the handicap is rendered), thus having to perform better than every other competitor to win
• Scratch (magazine) is a Hip-Hop magazine.
• Scratch is one of the nicknames for the Brazilian national sports teams (as the Brazil national football team).
• A scratch is the accidental act of knocking the cue ball into a hole in billiards.
• Scratch (musician) is a DJ and former member of the Roots.