Synonyms for fry
fraɪfry

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1. Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Frynoun

   English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, child

2. Fry, Christopher Frynoun

   English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

   Synonyms:
   nestling, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, tyke, nipper, minor, kid, small fry, child

3. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingverb

   a young person of either sex

   "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

   Synonyms:
   chela, kid, nestling, tiddler, pip-squeak, claw, electric razor, nipper, shaver, pincer, kidskin, boor, peasant, barbarian, squirt, churl, tyke, child, minor, tike, small fry, youngster, electric shaver, baby bird, baby

4. fryverb

   be excessively hot

   "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

5. fryverb

   cook on a hot surface using fat

   "fry the pancakes"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

6. electrocute, fryverb

   kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

   "The serial killer was electrocuted"

   Synonyms:
   electrocute

Matched Categories

1. • Art Critic
   • Cook
   • Cookery
   • Dramatist
   • Heat Up
   • Kill
   • Painter

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1. frynoun

   Synonyms:
   small fishes, swarm of little fishes, small fry

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1. List of paraphrases for "fry":

   alevins, fingerlings, frying, frye, yugoslavia

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1. John Douglas:

   He only showed remorse towards the end and it’s because they were getting ready to fry him, when I interviewed him he was still fighting the death penalty. He spoke [to us] about his shootings like he was hunting deer. He laughed and joked.

2. Amber Kyzer:

   I was finding out along with you guys and the world what had happened to my children. So in retrospect, the mom in me was like, fry Travis Pressley, fry Travis Pressley, absolutely. But from the beginning, I have maintained -- I'm not a death penalty -- I'm a strong believer in no death penalty.

3. Executive Chef John Zucker:

   With this dish, you want to be sure not to over-fry! Keep careful watch while frying, when you pull it out of the oil, it should be perfectly golden brown before you put it back in the oven to finish baking.

4. Mayor Antonio Cando Halili:

   I have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people.

5. Chuck Canterbury:

   Now you have people in social media saying, 'Fry him, glad he's dead,'.