scratch off

Coin-revealed lottery game

Scratch off describes removing something by scraping with a fingernail or edge: I scratched off the old paint.

Most commonly, it refers to lottery tickets where you scratch off an opaque coating to reveal whether you've won.

As a noun, a scratch-off is such a ticket: She bought three scratch-offs at the gas station.

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win · grand prize · prize · silver · coating · scrape · peel · instant · convenience store · gas station · numbers · lucky numbers · lucky · rub · remove · erase · delete · cross

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Opposites
lottery type

scratch offPowerball

National lottery with massive prizes

lotto · Mega Millions · numbers game · weekly drawing · raffle

result timing

scratch offwait-and-see

Deferring judgment pending developments

PHYSICAL ACTION (verb sense)

scratch offapply

Put into operation

cover up · coat · conceal · seal · add on

Family

scratch, off, scratched, scratching, scratches, scratcher, scratchy, scratchiness

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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G