scratching
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈskrætʃɪŋ/
:
rasguñido
- Look around where your cat does most of their scratching and find one of these.
And I woke up to the sound of scratching.
- And I woke up to the sound of scratching.
- Over a funk beat, done with scratching.
Examples
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There was a soft scratching at the door, as of someone groping for the latch.
Fiction book (1991) -
Flower-peckers foraged the treetops with their characteristic glass-scratching call, and kingfishers perched on strategic branches overlooking various ponds.
Academic text (2006) -
Later, there was heavy scratching at the door and the sense of great bulk moving around outside.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then a sound of scratching began at one of the patio doors downstairs.
Fiction book (1997) -
And that's when the scratching started to get stronger and stronger and stronger.
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I fell silently to my knees, the only sound in the room the incessant scratching against the wall.
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As I near the classroom, I hear the teacher's chalk scratching on the blackboard.
Fiction book (1999) -
The room tone is a combination of chewing, scratching, pounding, squeaking, and screaming.
Fiction book (1996) -
I can hear the cockroaches preparing to leave their diurnal shelter, the horrible scratchings of their rough feet.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the attic, I heard a persistent scratching noise that made me feel uneasy.
Synonyms
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1.2
A harsh scraping sound, for example from branches or a pen
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3.2
A harsh, rough sound made when one thing rubs another
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4.2
A harsh scraping sound made when hard surfaces rub together
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2.3
A harsh sound made when one thing rubs another
Antonyms
Compounds
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scratching comes from the old verb scratch, which meant 'to scrape' or 'to tear' and is like the word scrape. So a 'scratching' is the rough scraping sound you hear when something rubs a hard or rough surface.