scraping
Americannoun
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the act of a person or thing that scrapes.
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the sound of something being scraped.
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Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.
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Digital Technology. the process of extracting data from a digital source for automated replication, formatting, or manipulation by a computer program, as in data mining or website data analysis: web scraping;
screen scraping;
web scraping;
URL scraping.
noun
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the act of scraping
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a sound produced by scraping
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(often plural) something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount
Other Word Forms
- nonscraping adjective
- scrapingly adverb
- unscraping adjective
Etymology
Origin of scraping
A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at scrape, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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After two years of scraping by on internships and part-time gigs, my take-home pay essentially doubled overnight.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Emil Michael, undersecretary at the Pentagon for research and engineering, has been quick to note that tech companies are the ones scraping the internet for user data.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
On average, scraping behavior appeared after just 82 minutes.
From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026
On another day, Brook's admission that England had "probably underestimated a couple of the sides" when scraping through the group stage would have taken the headlines.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Her voice sounded as if it were scraping its way out of her chest.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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