Scraught

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of screech form-of, humorous, nonstandard, participle, past

    "SALLY SALTER, she was a young teacher, who taught, And her friend, CHARLEY CHURCH, was a preacher, who praught; Though his enemies called him a screecher, who scraught."

Synonyms

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screeched

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"SALLY SALTER, she was a young teacher, who taught, And her friend, CHARLEY CHURCH, was a preacher, who praught; Though his enemies called him a screecher, who scraught."

Etymology

Derived from screech by analogy with teach : taught.

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