"scratching" meaning in English

See scratching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-scratching.wav 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
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-6LBluEna Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music, Snacks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 57 27 13 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 63 28 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 62 30 5 1 Disambiguation of Music: 0 48 48 4 0 Disambiguation of Snacks: 8 57 9 23 3
  3. Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-sbrUFfGM Categories (other): Music Disambiguation of Music: 0 48 48 4 0
  4. (UK, in the plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips. Tags: UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable Synonyms: scrap, gribble
    Sense id: en-scratching-en-noun-zezQMfKy Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scratching post

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-scratching.wav
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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