긁고

In a sentence

• 그는 등에 난 가려운 곳을 긁고 있다.

  He is scratching an itchy spot on his back.

  Here, '긁고' refers to the physical act of scratching something.

• 요즘 스트레스를 많이 받아서 긁고 싶은 대로 긁는 느낌이야.

  I feel like lately, due to a lot of stress, I'm just doing whatever I want, as if scratching wherever I want.

  In this sentence, '긁고' is used metaphorically to express acting indiscriminately or following one's whims.

• 나는 장난으로 그의 팔을 긁고 살짝 웃었다.

  I scratched his arm lightly as a joke and chuckled slightly.

  '긁고' in this context conveys a light, playful scratch as an action done for amusement.