scrubbing

verb

To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening
to scrub a floor
To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour
To be diligent and penurious
to scrub hard for a living
To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.
Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.
To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets
The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system.
(audio) To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.
(audio, video) To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

noun

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