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Synonyms for scratching
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Princeton's WordNet
scrape, scraping, scratch, scratching(noun)
a harsh noise made by scraping
"the scrape of violin bows distracted her"
Synonyms:
lolly, start, clams, cacography, scrawl, starting line, cabbage, wampum, lucre, boodle, mark, incision, gelt, scratch line, bread, scraping, slit, lettuce, prick, loot, sugar, chicken feed, scratch, simoleons, abrasion, pelf, dough, dinero, kale, scrape, excoriation, scar, scribble, dent, shekels, moolah
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "scratching":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #474 | start | |
| #834 | mark | |
| #3383 | sugar | |
| #4920 | bread | |
| #7665 | scratch | |
| #13712 | dent | |
| #13739 | dough | |
| #16414 | cabbage | |
| #17323 | scar | |
| #18846 | lettuce | |
| #21399 | slit | |
| #22047 | scratching | |
| #25353 | loot | |
| #28087 | prick | |
| #29356 | abrasion | |
| #30906 | clams | |
| #32143 | incision | |
| #32424 | scrape | |
| #34638 | scraping | |
| #38857 | kale | |
| #46676 | scribble | |
| #48854 | shekels | |
| #50918 | dinero | |
| #57750 | lolly | |
| #69241 | wampum | |
| #90939 | scrawl | |
| #106773 | lucre | |
| #126686 | moolah | |
| #163144 | gelt | |
| #216729 | boodle | |
| #304082 | simoleons |
How to use scratching in a sentence?
Eating and scratching want but a beginning.
He senses in the grassrooots -- and he's right -- that Trump is scratching an itch for a certain segment of the party.
The school called the police because they were required to make a report, they lied. They said this kid was biting, scratching, kicking other kids. It didn't happen.
Relationships are being made amongst people not on trust ,but on the worst practice of scratching each other back till both are getting their personal gains met.
It's no wonder that if you're not taught about these things in school, when you become a parent you're scratching your head.
Translations for scratching
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- scratchFrench
- drapaniePolish
- RiscandoPortuguese
- รอยขีดข่วนThai
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