scratchings

Noun

scratching (countable and uncountable, plural scratchings)

1. The act or sound of something being scratched.
   • We heard further scratchings at the door as the dog whined to be let in.
2. A pork scratching.
   • 'Ugggghhhhh!' she made a face at the packet. 'Oink, oink!' Cosmo laughed, waving a scratching near her face.2010, Monique Roffey, Sun Dog
3. Record scratching, a technique of starting and stopping a vinyl record from playing to produce music in hip hop.
4. (UK, in plural) A piece of deep-fried batter left over from frying fish, sometimes sold with chips.
   • We all had a portion of chips and one fish was shared between all of us. Sometimes the lady serving would give us a free bag of scratchings (the bits of batter).2002, Kathleen Hann, Tell It As It Was, →ISBN, page 48

   Synonyms:

   scrap, gribble