fratch

noun, verb — 2 senses

fratch

noun

/fɹæt͡ʃ/

Etymology From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”).

1

UK A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.

-I ha' never had no fratch afore, sin ever I were born, wi' any o' my like; Gonnows I ha' none now that's o' my makin'.1854, Charles Dickens, “read online”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:

Derived terms: fratchety, fratchy

fratch

verb

Etymology From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”).

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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