Meaning

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A scratch card..

Definitions by Sense

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A scratch card.
2. (colloquial) A scratch.

Example Sentences

I sat on the balcony with my cup of coffee and my inhaler and I scratched my Scratchies. I won $6.

Approximately half of the respondents had bought instant scratchies.

Grandparents and great-grandparents are big buyers of scratchies and lottery tickets — for their grandkids and great-grandkids.

This was an invitation I couldn't resist...FIVE Goldens! I was in heaven! So I go over and spend 10-15 minutes talking and doing head scratchies and getting slobbered on and kissed.

Mango has decided that if he's on the couch, he is there to give her scratchies, so she eventually goes and parks herself in front of him and bows her head. […] Today this was established, I had her, then she started wandering off, walked all over Eric, he started screaming that he wasn't going to be bullied into giving scratchies to any stinking birds and passed her back to me […]

Give Cornflake a cheek rub and some scratchies from me.

Petting should start with an Under the Chin scratchie, then the neck, then the top of the head.... or start with the dog's back or side, coming from the side, not the front.

Word Forms

• scratchies

Synonyms for scratchie

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When Should You Use Scratchie?

Use scratchie when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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