: a state of disorder or disrepair
—used in the phrase on the fritz
One day the Internet connection at the house goes on the fritz [=stops working properly], so I go with the laptop to a cafe and ask if it has wireless.—
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Don’t miss, for instance, a food replicator on the fritz, where holographic tea will consistently fail to properly materialize.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Wholesale iron and steel mill prices jumped 7.1% in March, logging the biggest monthly jump since April 2021, when supply chains were on the fritz amid the sharp pandemic recovery.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
The Cleveland Spiders once walked 19 Louisville Colonels in a nine-inning game in 1887 — on a night when the ABS system apparently was on the fritz.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The group effort to care for him is one of the challenging facts of life, like the car on the fritz and the overdue rent, that the characters acknowledge without sinking into bleak lament.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Wholesale iron and steel mill prices jumped 7.1% in March, logging the biggest monthly jump since April 2021, when supply chains were on the fritz amid the sharp pandemic recovery.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
The Cleveland Spiders once walked 19 Louisville Colonels in a nine-inning game in 1887 — on a night when the ABS system apparently was on the fritz.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
The group effort to care for him is one of the challenging facts of life, like the car on the fritz and the overdue rent, that the characters acknowledge without sinking into bleak lament.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fritz
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“Fritz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fritz. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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