noun |
1. A French fry. Often used in the plural. |
2. A dish of a fried food. |
3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry. |
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noun-plural |
1. Small fish, especially young, recently hatched fish. |
2. The young of certain other animals. |
3. Individuals, especially young or insignificant persons: "These pampered public school boys . . . had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving” ( Noel Annan). |
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verb-intransitive |
1. To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat. |
2. Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair. |
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verb-transitive |
1. To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat. |
2. Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: "a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components” ( Erik Sandberg-Diment). |
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