"frab" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /fɹæb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-frab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: frabs [present, singular, third-person], frabbing [participle, present], frabbed [participle, past], frabbed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} frab (third-person singular simple present frabs, present participle frabbing, simple past and past participle frabbed)
  1. (UK, dialect, archaic) To scold, nag, or harass. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-frab-en-verb-ox7H-I5d Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for frab meaning in English (1.6kB)

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