backscratcher

See also: back scratcher

English

Woman and man using backscratcher

Alternative forms

• back scratcher

Etymology

From back +‎ scratcher.

Pronunciation

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Noun

backscratcher (plural backscratchers)

1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

Translations

rod for scratching one's own back

• Catalan: grataesquena m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 不求人 (bat¹ kau⁴ jan⁴, literally “not to seek help from others”)

  Hokkien: 抓耙仔 (jiàu-pê-á, liàu-pê-á), 不求人 (put-kiû-jîn, put-kiû-lîn), 孫仔手 / 孙仔手 (sun-á-chhiú), 阿孫手 / 阿孙手 (a-sun-chhiú)

  Mandarin: 抓耙子 (zhuāpázi, literally “scratching rake”), 癢癢撓 / 痒痒挠 (yǎngyangnáo), 笑刷兒 / 笑刷儿 (xiàoshuār), 爪仗 (zhǎozhàng, literally “claw to rely on”), 不求人 (zh) (bùqiúrén, literally “not to seek help from others”), 老頭樂 / 老头乐 (zh) (lǎotóulè), 搔背爬 (sāobèipá)

• Dutch: ruggenkrabber m (literally “back scratcher”)
• Finnish: selänrapsutin (literally “back scratcher”)
• French: gratte-dos (fr) m
• Georgian: ქლესა (klesa)
• German: Rückenkratzer m (literally “back scratcher”)
• Hebrew: מַגְרֵד גַּב m (magréd gav, literally “back scratcher”), מַגְרֵד m (magréd, literally “scratcher”)
• Hungarian: hátvakaró (hu) (literally “back scratcher”)
• Icelandic: bakklóra f
• Italian: grattaschiena m (literally “back scratcher”), manina f (literally “small hand”)
• Japanese: 孫の手 (ja) (まごのて, mago no te, literally “grandchild's hand”)
• Korean: 효자손 (hyojason), 등긁이 (deunggeulgi), 등긁개 (deunggeulgae)
• Latin: scalptōrium n
• Portuguese: coçador de costas m, mãozinha f (literally “small hand”)
• Russian: па́лка для чеса́ния спины́ f (pálka dlja česánija spiný)
• Spanish: rascaespalda m (literally “back scratcher”), rascador de espaldas m (literally “back scratcher”)
• Tagalog: pangamot ng likod
• Thai: ไม้เกาหลัง (máai-gao-lǎng)
• Welsh: peth crafu cefn m (literally "back scratching thing")