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Scratching

//ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or sound of something being scratched. countable, uncountable

    "We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in."

  2. 2
    a harsh noise made by scraping wordnet
  3. 3
    A pork scratching. countable, uncountable

    "'Ugggghhhhh!' she made a face at the packet. 'Oink, oink!' Cosmo laughed, waving a scratching near her face."

  4. 4
    Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "We all had a portion of chips and one fish was shared between all of us. Sometimes the lady serving would give us a free bag of scratchings (the bits of batter)."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scratch form-of, gerund, participle, present

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