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fry

UK/fɹaɪ/ US/ˈfraɪ/ common informal slang uk us
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.

be excessively hot

  • “If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they”
2.

cook on a hot surface using fat

  • “fry the pancakes”
3.

kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

  • “The serial killer was electrocuted”
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noun

1.
2.

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

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3.

a young person of either sex

  • “she writes books for children”
  • “they”
  • “;”
  • “is a British term for youngsters”
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Origin

From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable.

Phrases

  • a few fries short of a Happy Meal
  • bigger fish to fry
  • calf fries
  • cottage fries
  • curly fry
  • fish fry
  • fish to fry
  • french fry
  • fry cook
  • fry jack
  • fry pan
  • fry pie

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