Used attributively in technical contexts (e.g., "fretting corrosion") to describe damage or wear caused by fretting.
Definitionen
Relating to, caused by, or characteristic of fretting wear or corrosion. Fretting corrosion can severely weaken metal joints.
frettinggerundium / partizip präsens Used attributively/predicatively as a participial adjective (e.g., "a fretting child").
Definitionen
Worrying or showing anxiety; continually distressed. The fretting mother paced back and forth in the waiting room.