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fry1 (fraɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—vb (when tr, sometimes foll by up) , fries, frying, fried
1.  to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
2.  informal (intr) to be excessively hot
3.  slang chiefly (US) to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
 
—n , fries, frying, fried, fries
4.  a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry
5.  (US), (Canadian) a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
6.  informal (Brit) the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
 
[C13: from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere to roast, fry]

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Christopher fry is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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fry2 (fraɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—pl n
1.  the young of various species of fish
2.  the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
3.  See also small fry young children
 
[C14 (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fricāre to rub]

Fry (fraɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  Christopher. 1907--2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady's Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)
2.  Elizabeth. 1780--1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
3.  Roger Eliot. 1866--1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)
4.  Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)

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Word Origin & History

fry
late 13c., from O.Fr. frire, from L. frigere "to roast or fry," from PIE *bhreu- (cf. Skt. bhrjjati "roasts, bharjanah "roasting;" Pers. birishtan "to roast;" Gk. phrygein "to roast, bake"). Meaning "execute in the electric chair" is U.S. slang from 1929. To go out of the frying pan into the fire is
first attested in Thomas More (1532). Related: Fried; frying.

fry
"young fish," 1293, from Anglo-Fr. frei, from O.Fr. frai "spawn," from froier "to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand)." First applied to human offspring 14c. in Scot., though OED traces this usage to O.N. frjo, fræ "seed, offspring."
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fry definition


  1. in.
    to die in the electric chair. (Underworld.) : The DA is determined that you will fry.
  2. tv.
    to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.) : They're gonna fry you for this.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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