scraping

American  

[skrey-ping] / ˈskreɪ pɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that scrapes.

2. the sound of something being scraped.

3. Usually scrapings. something that is scraped off, up, or together.

4. 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.

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scraping British  

/ ˈskreɪpɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of scraping

2. a sound produced by scraping

3. (often plural) something scraped off, together, or up; a small amount

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Other Word Forms

• nonscraping adjective
• scrapingly adverb
• unscraping adjective

Etymology

Origin of scraping

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; scrape, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

With movie screens across the country going dark and the theatrical exhibition industry hobbled by a series of unpredictable obstacles, many independent movie theaters are barely scraping by.

From Salon

In a cattle shed on the Somerset hills, near Bruton, we are scraping it off the floors with old fashioned shovels.

From BBC

In this type of fault, the two sides move horizontally past one another, similar to cars scraping by each other on a highway.

From Science Daily

More serious, Brussels insists X must make data about advertising on the platform readily available to outsiders, and shouldn’t use its terms of service to prohibit data scraping by “eligible researchers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

There was drama too on table two as, for the first time in this year's tournament, a deciding frame was needed with China's Zhang Anda scraping a 6-5 win over England's Gary Wilson.

From BBC

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