Definition of fritz
: a state of disorder or disrepair
—used in the phrase on the fritz
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Eventually the radio goes on the fritz again and the sisters subside back into their lives again.
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Records from his Cricket phone show Grider tried to call AAA, corroborating the idea that his truck was on the fritz.
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One place that routinely reports when signals are on the fritz: @NYCTSubway, New York City Transit’s twitter account.
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Whatever is causing Tabby’s Star to randomly dim like a lightbulb on the fritz has nothing to do with alien megastructures.
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The towels were used, Gerull explained, after her department ran out of the special covers normally used when a box goes on the fritz.
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Some of the temporary drainage pumps at the 17th Street Canal went on the fritz Wednesday morning, but they were quickly repaired.
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But Ivonne's seemed to be on the fritz—until some helpful Internet strangers gave them some incredible news.
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Landing at Offutt, the final shoe dropped: its last engine went on the fritz.
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