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scraping

/skɹˈeɪpɪŋ/noun2 syllables

Scraping means: a harsh noise made by scraping.

Synonyms for scraping3

noun, as in a harsh noise made by scraping

scrape, scratch, scratching

noun, as in a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)

scrape

What does scraping mean?3

noun

1

a harsh noise made by scraping“the scrape of violin bows distracted her”

2

a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)“all that bowing and scraping did not impress him”

3

(usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected“they collected blood scrapings for analysis”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with scraping?5

two syllables

shapingrapingtapinggaping

three syllables

escaping
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Scraping in a sentence

  • The loud sounds of sawing, drilling and scraping reverberate around the room.Hybrid
  • You know, he's been scraping by ever since he lost his job.menaud
  • I'm managing scraping along on a small salary.trieuho
  • The zombie dragged his rotten leg behind him with an eerie scraping sound.meirad
  • Holmes was engaged in his favourite occupation of scraping upon his violin.Hybrid
  • Yanni was scraping the sticker with a razor blade.Amastan
  • Yanni was scraping the resin off with a razor blade.Amastan
  • Ziri began to hear something scraping at the door.Amastan

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Forms of scraping

as a noun

plural
scrapings