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scratching

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verb

present participle of scratch
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as in rubbing
to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows

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as in scribbling
to write or draw hastily or carelessly scratched a quick doodle in the margins

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“Scratching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratching. Accessed 29 May. 2023.

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