"scratching" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Forms: scratchings [plural]
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scratching (countable and uncountable, plural scratchings)
  1. The act or sound of something being scratched. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-BDVdozgY
  2. A pork scratching. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Snacks
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-6LBluEna Disambiguation of Music: 15 50 35 0 Disambiguation of Snacks: 6 51 41 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 67 31 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 68 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 67 30 1
  3. Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Snacks
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-sbrUFfGM Disambiguation of Snacks: 6 51 41 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scratching post

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} scratching
  1. present participle and gerund of scratch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: scratch
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-verb-rQvvyO5E

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
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          "text": "We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 236:",
          "text": "It was early on the fifteenth day that I heard a curious familiar sequence of sounds in the kitchen, and, listening, identified it as the snuffing and scratching of a dog.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The act or sound of something being scratched."
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        "uncountable"
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            "Culture",
            "Energy",
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          "ref": "2010, Monique Roffey, Sun Dog:",
          "text": "'Ugggghhhhh!' she made a face at the packet. 'Oink, oink!' Cosmo laughed, waving a scratching near her face.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 236:",
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      ],
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        "Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop."
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/"
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    }
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