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How to pronounce scratching in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scrape, scraping, scratch
Type of noise

Examples of scratching

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Saints, meanwhile, were scratching and clawing to get out of the third division.
From the thisishampshire.net
If you have a dog, it is more resistant to scratching than any wood flooring is.
From the dailyherald.com
Debra Granik directed this bleak, desolate picture of a community scratching by.
From the cnn.com
Yes, they have too many healthy D to be scratching the guys they are scratching.
From the post-gazette.com
They'll prevent your wares from scratching finished wood, metal, glass and tile.
From the courier-journal.com
So many dramas get wrapped up in ever more layers of head-scratching complexity.
From the philly.com
The ground rules prohibit hair-pulling, biting, scratching, kicking or punching.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It needs to operate without a whiff of all this back-scratching and deal-making.
From the boston.com
The metal rails on the sides were scratching furniture though, so we fixed that.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Abrasion: an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
  • Rub: cause friction; "my sweater scratches"
  • Incision: a depression scratched or carved into a surface
  • Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
  • Boodle: informal terms for money
  • Rub: scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"
  • Scratch is the third album by Japanese pop singer Kaela Kimura, released on February 7, 2007 . It reached number one on the Japanese Oricon albums chart.
  • Gobots was a line of transforming robot toys produced by Tonka from 1983 to 1987, similar to Transformers. In 1991, the Gobots range was acquired from Tonka Inc. by Hasbro.
  • A Scratch Monkey is a term used in hacker jargon, as in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. ...