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fritz

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[ frits ]



Fritz

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[ frits ]

noun

  1. Older Slang: Sometimes Offensive. a German, especially a German soldier.
  2. a male given name.
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Sensitive Note

Fritz was a nickname used by Allied soldiers for a German soldier during World War I and II.
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fritz1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; of obscure origin

Origin of fritz2

1910–15; < German; common nickname for Friedrich
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the fritz, Informal. not in working order:

    Our TV went on the fritz last night.

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see on the blink (fritz) .
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Example Sentences

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Don’t miss, for instance, a food replicator on the fritz, where holographic tea will consistently fail to properly materialize.

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In Miami he beat three top-10 players in Djokovic, Britain's Jack Draper and American Taylor Fritz to lift the biggest title of his career, and handled the pressure of the occasion well.

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Saugus 18, Canyon Country Canyon 0: Matthew Carta hit wo doubles and finished with four RBIs while Lincoln Fritz added three hits for the Centurions.

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He announced his arrival in 2021, beating Taylor Fritz and bamboozling Novak Djokovic for one set as he became the youngest American to reach the US Open fourth round for 19 years.

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Draper won the first set against Shelton with a serving performance every bit as commanding as the one he produced in his fourth-round win over Taylor Fritz.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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