fratch

[ frach ]

verb (used with object)

1. to disagree; quarrel.

noun

1. a quarrel; argument; dispute.

fratch

/ frætʃ /

noun

1. dialect.
   a quarrel

Derived Forms

• ˈfratchy, adjective

Other Words From

• fratcher noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fratch¹

1400–50; late Middle English fracchen to creak, of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of fratch¹

C19: from obsolete fratch to make a harsh noise; perhaps of imitative origin

Example Sentences

Dus'ta mind the fratch thoo telt me aboot atween Angus and auld Wilson?

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"Why, the last fratch of all, when Wilson gat the sneck posset frae Shoulthwaite," said Matthew.

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I mind I told him what he said over and over again about his fratch with that Garth.

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He had just had a "fratch" with the Quaker preachers on the subject of election.

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