fress

[fres]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

Slang.

to eat or snack, especially often or in large quantities.

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Other Word Forms

fresser noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fress¹

From Yiddish fresn or German fressen “to eat (used of animals), eat ravenously, devour”; fret ¹

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"It’s not a matter of fress speech it’s a matter of exchanging money and access and platforming harmful speech," said Bonnie Fan, a Carnegie Mellon graduate student organizing the protests.

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A fress is just a snack, but a heavy snack.

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He liked to fress – a wonderful Yiddish term.

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Fresno fret

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