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fratching

fratching is the present participle and gerund of fratch.

Meaning of fratch

Verb

fratch (third-person singular simple present fratches, present participle fratching, simple past and past participle fratched)

  1. (UK, Yorkshire) To argue, to quarrel; to fight.
    • "I am just talking to relieve myself, John. I know better than to fratch with anyone—at least I think I do."1915, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, The Measure of a Man

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Questions about fratching

What is fratching the present participle and gerund of?
Fratching is the present participle and gerund of fratch.

Words near fratching in the dictionary

  1. fratboys
  2. fratch
  3. fratched
  4. fratches
  5. fratchety
  6. fratching
  7. fratchy
  8. frate
  9. frater
  10. frater house
  11. frater houses

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