/fɹɪts/
OriginBorrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).
- A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich.
“Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most deeply aggrieved; and little Fritz found it most unpleasant to have an American relative addicted to the same bad habit. She came into the room just then”
““Has she any children?” asked the practical Johannes. / “Just one—a nice boy, too. Thirteen. Fritz is his name.” Jakob chuckled. “Just the same as your brother. That’s a good one—there’ll be two Fritz”
- A surname from German.
“The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuce”
- Northern-US, informal, uncountableThe state of being defective.
- Australia, South, uncountableA type of processed meat sausage; devon
“Generally, cooked deli products include Devon, Strasbourg sausage, Polish sausage, fritz, cabanossi or cabana, mortadella, and well-cooked roast beef (brown/grey in colour).”
- intransitiveTo go wrong or become defective.
“One clip, of Talking Heads playing “Born Under Punches” in Rome in 1980, is shot largely at groin level, amid sound equipment that is being manipulated for feedback squeals and other effects; it’s lik”
“My brain was fritzing like an elderly TV set about to die. I hit the side of my head with the heel of my hand. Percussive maintenance. It didn't work.”
FormsFritzes(plural) · fritzes(present, singular, third-person) · fritzing(participle, present) · fritzed(participle, past) · fritzed(past)