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; see origin at scrape, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Over time, however, that same scraping action causes the sponge itself to break apart.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

AI has allowed the outlets to cover counties in Ohio that otherwise might go ignored by scraping information from local websites and sending “tips” to reporters, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Arsenal kicked off at the same time as City on Wednesday and capitalised by scraping a 1-0 victory at Brighton.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

“It’s another version of scraping, which has been a problem since day one,” Caen said, referencing how Anthropic’s Claude and other LLMs have been trained on large amounts of copyrighted material from across the internet.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

“Let’s look inside,” said Razi, scraping off a layer of sand on top with his fingers.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

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