Overview of noun scratching

The noun scratching has 1 sense

• scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching -- (a harsh noise made by scraping; "the scrape of violin bows distracted her")

Overview of verb scratch

The verb scratch has 7 senses

• rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch -- (cause friction; "my sweater scratches")


• scratch, scrape, scratch up -- (cut the surface of; wear away the surface of)


• rub, scratch, itch -- (scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!")


• cancel, call off, scratch, scrub -- (postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill")


• strike, scratch, expunge, excise -- (remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark")


• scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up -- (gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living")


• scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe -- (carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree")