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frabbing

frabbing is the present participle and gerund of frab.

Meaning of frab

Verb

frab (third-person singular simple present frabs, present participle frabbing, simple past and past participle frabbed)

  1. (UK, archaic, dialectal) To scold, nag, or harass.
    • Dunna think we'll sit siking and frabbing, because hur's took up with that dainty doll1827, Lee Gibbons, Owain Goch

Questions about frabbing

What is frabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Frabbing is the present participle and gerund of frab.

Words near frabbing in the dictionary

  1. fr.
  2. fra
  3. fra diavolo
  4. frab
  5. frabbed
  6. frabbing
  7. frabbit
  8. frabjous
  9. frabjously
  10. Frable
  11. Frables

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