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verb (used with object)
1.
to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
2.
Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
verb (used without object)
3.
to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
4.
Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
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Fry
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| a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; a source of annoying difficulty or burden; a recurring snag |
| a quarrel or squabble |
noun
5.
a dish of something fried.
6.
a piece of french-fried potato.
7.
a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors: a fish fry.
Origin:
1250–1300; 1925–30 for def. 2; Middle English frien < Anglo-French, Old French frire < Latin frīgere to fry
1250–1300; 1925–30 for def. 2; Middle English frien < Anglo-French, Old French frire < Latin frīgere to fry
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fry·a·ble, adjective
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noun, plural fry.
1.
the young of fish.
2.
the young of various other animals, as frogs.
3.
people; individuals, especially children: games that are fun for the small fry.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant, perhaps < Old Norse frjō seed; cognate with Swedish frö, Gothic fraiw seed
1325–75; Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant, perhaps < Old Norse frjō seed; cognate with Swedish frö, Gothic fraiw seed
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| fry2 (fraɪ) | |
| —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] | |
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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
EXPAND 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. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke.
2. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.
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