Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations.

In the 18th century, scratch began to be used for a line or mark that served as the starting point in a contest or competition. In order to begin or continue a fight, for example, a pugilist would "come up to …

Aug 9, 2025 · Though it feels good, scratching actually triggers mild pain in your skin. Nerve cells tell your brain something hurts, and that distracts it from the itch. It can make you feel better in that...

Then I heard it again - the sound of scratching behind the wall. The scratching of his pen was the only sound. They were soft scratchings or shufflings, like the sounds made by an animal as it sniffed …

scratching (ˈskrætʃɪŋ) n (Electronics) a percussive effect obtained by rotating a gramophone record manually: a disc-jockey and dub technique

to dig, scrape, or tear (something) out or off with or as if with the nails, claws, etc.: to scratch the burs off one's coat. to rub or scrape slightly, as with the fingernails, to relieve itching. to rub or draw along …

scratching Other forms: scratchings Definitions of scratching noun a harsh noise made by scraping synonyms: scrape, scraping, scratch

If you scratch yourself, you rub your fingernails against your skin because it is itching. He scratched himself under his arm. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] The old man lifted his cardigan to scratch his side. …

Feb 21, 2026 · Noun scratching (countable and uncountable, plural scratchings) The act or sound of something being scratched.

Present participle of scratch. The act or sound of something being scratched. A pork scratching. Even his sisters were scratching their heads. Elisabeth, in wolf form, stood scratching at the door, …