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scraping

The English word “scraping” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The sound or action of something being scraped.
  2. Something removed by being scraped.
  3. Automated collection of data, data scraping.

Etymology

From Middle English scrapinge, equivalent to scrape + -ing.

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