0 present participle of scratch --
1 to cut or damage a surface or your skin slightly with or on something sharp or rough: --
Hannah scratched her head thoughtfully.
I scratched some paint off the door as I was getting out of the car.
People have been scratching their names on this rock for years.
A few chickens were scratching about/around (= searching with their beaks) in the yard for grain.
We scratched the wall trying to get the bed into Martha's room.
2 to remove yourself or another person or an animal from a competition before the start: --
Not all of the samples photographed were perfectly prepared and a number show deep scratching from sample polishing.
The stressed fretting and scratching and the iterative jumpiness in motion become less marked without slowing down, be it remarked.
The coach looked at the physiotherapist of the football player who was scratching his head.
Since these early hip-hop pioneers, scratching as a compositional technique has developed further to embrace forms of sonic manipulation.
Is it that we can sense in the scratchings the living hand of the man writing?
The pens were checked daily and wheat grain was scattered on the ground inside the pen to encourage pecking and scratching in the soil.
An analysis of the techniques of ' ' scratching ' ' and ' ' dubbing ' ' also gives new insights into previously discussed topics.
The techniques of sonic manipulation now covered under the term 'scratching' are varied, and in many instances complex.
