"fratch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹæt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fratch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fratches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fracchen|t=to make a harsh or strident noise; creak}} Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”), {{cog|sco|fratch|t=to quarrel}} Scots fratch (“to quarrel”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fratch (plural fratches)
  1. (UK) A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl. Tags: UK Derived forms: fratchety, fratchy
    Sense id: en-fratch-en-noun-AdrK-EOU Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42

Verb

IPA: /fɹæt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fratch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fratches [present, singular, third-person], fratching [participle, present], fratched [participle, past], fratched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fracchen|t=to make a harsh or strident noise; creak}} Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”), {{cog|sco|fratch|t=to quarrel}} Scots fratch (“to quarrel”) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: UK, Yorkshire
    Sense id: en-fratch-en-verb-n~9dwa6F Categories (other): British English, Yorkshire English

Inflected forms

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