Scratching

Quick meaning: Scratching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of scratch.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of scratch.

More Meanings

1. The act or sound of something being scratched.
2. A pork scratching.
3. Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop.
4. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.

Example Sentences

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

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

The best thing is, you pay for the chips and you get the pea wet and scratchings for free. It's lovely. You should try it.

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).

Word Forms

• scratchings

Synonyms for scratching

Depending on context, synonyms include scrap, gribble, sharp, scrape, scratch, scraping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scraping, scrape, sharp, picking, rubbing, scouring.

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