scraping

Noun

• a deep bow with the foot drawn backwards (indicating excessive humility)
  • all that bowing and scraping did not impress him
    

• a harsh noise made by scraping
  • the scrape of violin bows distracted her
    

• (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected
  • they collected blood scrapings for analysis
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  scrape , scratch , scratching