noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
/ˈskɹæt͡ʃɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ætʃɪŋ
CMU ARPABET:S K R AE1 CH IH0 NG
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act or sound of something being scratched.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A pork scratching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scrap, gribble
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of scratch
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.