"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 Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-BDVdozgY Disambiguation of Music: 16 33 31 21
  2. A pork scratching. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Snacks
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-6LBluEna Disambiguation of Music: 16 33 31 21 Disambiguation of Snacks: 6 33 36 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 47 22 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 46 22 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 41 20 37
  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): Music, Snacks
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-sbrUFfGM Disambiguation of Music: 16 33 31 21 Disambiguation of Snacks: 6 33 36 25 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 41 20 37
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 Categories (topical): Music, Snacks
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-verb-rQvvyO5E Disambiguation of Music: 16 33 31 21 Disambiguation of Snacks: 6 33 36 25 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 41 20 37

Inflected forms

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Download JSON data for scratching meaning in All languages combined (4.6kB)

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