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Definition of scraping : 1. of Scrape
2. Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes; as, a scraping noise; a scraping miser.
3. Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping; as, the scraping of the street.
4. The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.

Synonyms:

prick, scrawl, boodle, scribble, moolah, wampum, kale, gelt, cacography, lolly, scar, lettuce, lucre, mark, starting line, slit, loot, dinero, scratch, scrape, incision, bread, sugar, cabbage, clams, chicken feed, start, pelf, simoleons, excoriation, dough, scratch line, dent, shekels

distorting, blotting, deforming, dotting, discoloring, splotching, scuffing, blistering, staining, specking, disfiguring, tainting, spoiling, scoring, gashing, checking, marring, spotting, tarnishing, abrading, cracking, hacking, flawing, scarring, nicking, flecking, freckling, chipping, kinking, defacing, damaging, hurting, slitting, scratching, marking, blemishing, fracturing, notching, defecting

friction, abrasion, resistance

jangling, shrill, screaming, penetrating, acute, screeching, raucous, jarring, harsh, ear-piercing, treble, squealing, shrieking, whistling, creaky, high-pitched, piercing, hoarse, squeaky, whining, strident, cutting, caterwauling, reedy

chafing, scrubbing, grating, rasping, grinding, harassing, wearing, resisting, irritating, rubbing, aggravating, disturbing, fretting

Usage examples:

• Lor', if people only knew all I could tell 'em about this house, and the scraping, and putting off bills, and the troubles with Miss May and the two boys, and-" Isaac drew a long breath and turned rather white. - "The Master of the Ceremonies", George Manville Fenn.
• There was no sound except his comb scraping through his beard. - "The Dark Forest", Hugh Walpole.
• He was scraping a very muddy road, and I remarked, for something to say, " Makes it look better, doesn't it?" - "Grain and Chaff from an English Manor", Arthur H. Savory.