scratching
The act or sound of something being scratched.
Example
“We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.”
Other meanings
A pork scratching.
Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop.
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “scratching” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.