Scratching
/ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a harsh noise made by scraping wordnet
- 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 Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop. countable, uncountable
- 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 present participle and gerund of scratch form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The chickens were scratching for food on the ground."