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fry

DEFINITIONS OF: fry

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n a young person of either sex

Synonyms:
child, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster
Types:
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bairn
a child: son or daughter
buster
a robust child
changeling
a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child
a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
foster child, foster-child, fosterling
a child who is raised by foster parents
imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp
one who is playfully mischievous
kiddy
a young child
orphan
a child who has lost both parents
peanut
a young child who is small for his age
picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
poster child
a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler
a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
silly
a word used for misbehaving children
sprog
a child
bambino, toddler, tot, yearling
a young child
urchin
poor and often mischievous city child
street child, waif
a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
foster daughter, foster-daughter
someone who is raised as a daughter although not related by birth
foster son, foster-son
someone who is raised as a son although not related by birth
poster boy
a male poster child
poster girl
a female poster child
ragamuffin, tatterdemalion
a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
guttersnipe, street urchin
a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
brat, holy terror, little terror, terror
a very troublesome child
Type of:
juvenile, juvenile person
a young person, not fully developed

v cook on a hot surface using fat

“fry the pancakes”
Types:
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frizzle
fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
deep-fat-fry
fry in deep fat
griddle
cook on a griddle
pan-fry
fry in a pan
deep-fry, french-fry
cook by immersing in fat
stir fry
fry very quickly over high heat
saute
fry briefly over high heat
Type of:
cook
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating

v be excessively hot

“If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried”
Type of:
heat, heat up, hot up
gain heat or get hot

v kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

Synonyms:
electrocute
Type of:
kill
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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