Scratching
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adverb.
With the action of scratching.
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verb.
Present participle of
scratch
.
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noun.
a harsh noise made by scraping
Word Usage
"In his pauses, they hear some provocative scratching from the padlocked wooden crates stacked behind him."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
noise
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
attaching
catching
dispatching
hatching
latching
verb-stem
scratch