fritz
noun/frɪts/
/frɪts/
Word Originearly 20th cent.: said to be a use of Fritz, with allusion to cheap German imports into the US before the First World War.
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See fritz in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryon the fritz
- (North American English, informal) not working
- The TV is on the fritz again.
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