# scratcher

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,448

## Definitions
1. Someone who scratches.
2. A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
3. An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.
4. A scratch card.
5. A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).
6. Any rasorial bird.
7. A counterfeiter.
8. An unlicensed tattoo artist.
9. A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.

## Etymology
From scratch + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/scratcher