scratch
verb (used with object)
to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough.
am scratching
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present progressiveof scratch (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I’m not surprised, but I am scratching my head, since I already have most of those feelings.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016
I am sure you won’t believe that I am scratching you in return for any scratchings from your hands.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by William Aldis Wright
I am scratching you these few pencil-lines in case—as, I fear, is too probable—I may be too ill to write to-morrow.
From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton
But no, I am still crawling; I am scratching my face and knees against the pebbles of the subterranean pathway.
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Isabel Florence Hapgood
