WordNet
n. pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches etc; "scribbling block" is a British term [syn: scratch paper, scribbling block]
Usage examples of "scratch pad".
I'm the scratch monkey: use it like a scratch pad, throw it away, or maybe fix it up and use it again 'til it breaks.
The INS was late for the meeting and Lee Arteria spent the time waiting by doodling on the scratch pad.
She took a scratch pad from her blouse and wrote down an address in Hampshire.
She scribbled the information on a scratch pad and tore off a leaf, which she passed to me.
Crystal reached for a pen and scribbled down some numbers on a scratch pad, tearing off the sheet.
Five minutes of scratch pad work shows that you're talking about an expenditure of many many millions of dollars.
Richie, the receiver held between his shoulder and ear, scribbled frantically on a scratch pad.