1
: cooked in hot oil or butter : cooked by frying
fried eggs
fried chicken
fried dough
2
: damaged or destroyed by an electrical surge or malfunction
The man behind the counter hooked up my computer to another machine and then gave me the bad news. "I'm afraid your hard drive is fried," the technician said.—
Tom McNichol
Tom McNichol3
US, informal
a
: intoxicated, high
… too fried on crystal meth to be gambling on a game of pool, but doing it nonetheless.—Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh… what about that time you got fried at the frat house after the big game against State and the judge fined you $50 and costs for dropping quarts of beer in paper bags out the second-floor window?—Russell Baker
Russell Baker
b
: mentally exhausted
At dinner after the book signing, he's fried, barely able to converse.—Rick Martin
Rick MartinAfter spending about 14 hours on ESPN Radio, SportsCenter and espn.com, Gammons was completely fried.—Rich Eisen
Rich EisenExamples of fried in a Sentence
Sorry, I'm just fried today.
grew up in a family in which Dad got fried on every weekend and holiday
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Take a seat in one of the classic blue booths and order up a plate of fried chicken, pork chops or even a burger.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
From cutting out things in his diet such as fried food to putting a big focus on his flexibility this offseason by stretching in his garage every night for at least an hour, the intention from Guyton has been clear going into year two.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
Loading your audio article There’s a small takeout place on El Cajon Boulevard, not far from San Diego State, that serves delicious baskets of fried catfish over a bed of French fries and garlic toast.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
In one particularly frantic game, Tottenham Hotspur’s collective head was so fried that keeper Heurelho Gomes accidentally knocked out his team-mate, Alan Hutton, in trying to deal with an aerial ball.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
From cutting out things in his diet such as fried food to putting a big focus on his flexibility this offseason by stretching in his garage every night for at least an hour, the intention from Guyton has been clear going into year two.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2025
Loading your audio article There’s a small takeout place on El Cajon Boulevard, not far from San Diego State, that serves delicious baskets of fried catfish over a bed of French fries and garlic toast.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
In one particularly frantic game, Tottenham Hotspur’s collective head was so fried that keeper Heurelho Gomes accidentally knocked out his team-mate, Alan Hutton, in trying to deal with an aerial ball.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Fried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fried. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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