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scritch

(skrĭch)
n.
1. A scratching motion.
2. A light sound made by scratching.
[Probably imitative alteration of scratch.]
scritch·y adj.
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scritch

(skrɪtʃ)
vb (tr)
to screech
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HE went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe--scr-r-ritch, scratch, scratch, scritch. Peter
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The latest batch, introduced last March, includes: scritch (a light sound made by scratching) pogonophobia (a fear of beards) and, bizarrely, throat lozenge, which I thought was already out there.
Nothing amusing about a 'nitwit' but 'bumfiddler' and clatterfart' are sure to have you in stitches; My dentist says I should have a crown. At last, someone who appreciates me
hearing the vole-like scritch and scratch of my biro, as it turns,
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