Scratch is a community for people to code, and make friends, and interact with each other, and is typically for people ages 8 to 16. It was created in May 2007 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The link is scratch.mit.edu.
Person 1: Oh my gosh, I love Scratch! It’s such a fun website to use!
Person 2: Me too! I use it all the time!
Person 2: Me too! I use it all the time!
by CountBlossom July 11, 2023

To call someone (or something) "scratch" means that they are/it is kinda crazy. Not in a bad way, but in an affectionate way. Like "He's so scratch!" meaning that he comes up with crazy ideas, some of them are so sick.
by ChuckBrown July 22, 2019

by Docnrg January 11, 2024

father: son your singing sucks. Let me pay you lessons at LaScala in Milan.
son: Dad, go scratch yourself. let the singing lessons hang themselves. i am proud of my hen-scratching or whatever it is you'd qualify my singing nowadays.
son: Dad, go scratch yourself. let the singing lessons hang themselves. i am proud of my hen-scratching or whatever it is you'd qualify my singing nowadays.
by Sexydimma May 28, 2012

Person 1: they're using Python. tell them to use Scratch.
Person 2: OK.
Person 3: OK.
Person 2 and 3: USE SCRATCH!
Person 4 and 5: Okay. *clicks chrome* *types scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor*
Person 2: OK.
Person 3: OK.
Person 2 and 3: USE SCRATCH!
Person 4 and 5: Okay. *clicks chrome* *types scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor*
by HKPradil October 22, 2020

Bob: Hey Bill, can I cheat off of you?
Bill:Sure
*shows paper*
Bob: Are you joking? What is this Chicken Scratch junk?
Bill: My handwriting
Bill:Sure
*shows paper*
Bob: Are you joking? What is this Chicken Scratch junk?
Bill: My handwriting
by That one person you never knew January 18, 2019

Murdered, Harmed, or otherwise removed from the big picture.
Often used by gang members from East Side P-Cats 13’s “La Scratch Team” clique.
Often used by gang members from East Side P-Cats 13’s “La Scratch Team” clique.
by P-Cats 13 Gang September 13, 2025
