What is the meaning of Scotch?

noun

• A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally.
  • synonyms: score
• Whiskey distilled in Scotland; especially whiskey made from malted barley in a pot still.
  • synonyms: Scotch whiskey, Scotch whisky, malt whiskey, malt whisky, Scotch malt whiskey, Scotch malt whisky

verb

• Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.
  • usage: "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
  • synonyms: thwart, queer, spoil, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
• Make a small cut or score into.

adjective

• Of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language.
  • usage: "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'"
  • synonyms: Scots, Scottish
• Avoiding waste.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: economical, frugal, sparing, stinting