fratch

[ frach ]

/ frætʃ /

British Dialect

verb (used with object)

to disagree; quarrel.

noun

a quarrel; argument; dispute.

Nearby words

frascati, frasch process, fraser, frass, frat, fratch, fratching, frater, fraternal, fraternal insurance, fraternal society

Origin of fratch

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

Related forms

fratch·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for fratch

He had just had a "fratch" with the Quaker preachers on the subject of election.
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Dus'ta mind the fratch thoo telt me aboot atween Angus and auld Wilson?
The Shadow of a Crime|Hall Caine
I mind I told him what he said over and over again about his fratch with that Garth.
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British Dictionary definitions for fratch

fratch

/ (frætʃ) /

noun

English dialect a quarrel

Derived Forms

fratchy, adjective

Word Origin for fratch

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

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