scratching

English Thesaurus

1. a harsh noise made by scraping (noun.event)

hypernym	:	noise,
definition	:	sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) (noun.event)

derivation	:	grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy,
definition	:	unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adj.all)

derivation	:	grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, rough, scratchy,
definition	:	unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound (adj.all)