Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🪶 A light scratch 🐾 To gently scratch 🔊 To make a scratch sound
to scritch

to scritch

9.9
To make a harsh scraping sound by rubbing against a surface
  • verb
  • /skrɪtʃ/
translation icon : rasguñar
  • But then, the scritching thing you said, what is that?

Examples

  • He could hear the hasty, scritching strokes of the broom.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The burin in Singing Wolf's fingers scritched hollowly on the bone.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The mouse made a soft scritch against the wooden floor as it scurried across the room.

  • She heard a faint scritch from the old door as the wind pushed it against the wall.

  • As he walked through the tall grass, his shoes made a gentle scritch with every step.

Synonyms

to grind
vsto scritch
33 4.8

To make a harsh, grating sound by rubbing two things together

focuses on one harsh scrape rather than a long repetitive noise
to grate
vsto scritch
8 4.3

Make a harsh scraping sound by rubbing things together

is a harsh scraping sound made specifically by rubbing against a surface
to scrunch
vsto scritch
1 7.7

Make a harsh metal noise when parts rub without oil

comes from rubbing a surface rather than internal machine parts moving
to stridulate
vsto scritch
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Make a high scraping sound by rubbing body parts together

is a harsh scraping sound rather than a shrill creaking tone

How Harsh

to grate
8 4.3
scratch
20 1.2
to scritch
9.9
rustle
12 4.4

Surface Forms

scritch infinitive
scritched past
scritched past participle
scritching present participle
scritches third person singular

Etymology

Scritch also comes from the sharp, scraping sound a hard thing makes, the quick 'scritch' noise like when something scrapes or scratches across a surface. That's why to scritch can mean to make a harsh, scraping 'sound'.