Antonyms for scratchingscratch·ing

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1. scrape, scraping, scratch, scratchingnoun

   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

How to use scratching in a sentence?

1. Covington Police officer Lance Benjamin:

   And then I felt some scratching on the back of my head and some pecking.

2. Michael Brecht:

   For weeks, we would bring the nicest banana we could find in Berlin to the zoo, and she would always just straight eat it, there was some head scratching done. and we gradually figured out that it’s only brownish bananas that she peels. She never peels a beautiful yellow one.

3. Donald Trump:

   I think a lot of Trump voters will be waking up this morning and scratching their heads and saying, 'Where will it all end?' as a firm Trump supporter, I say, yes, the pictures were horrible, but I'm surprised.

4. Dan Herbert:

   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.

5. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett:

   We got the call at about 2 o'clock this morning and we came out and we've got a modern building that just collapsed. A large modern building, 12 stories, 130-unit condominium on the ocean just collapsed, it looks like there was an earthquake, it's inexplicable and we are all scratching our heads trying to figure out what the problem is.

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