fress

Etymology

From Yiddish פֿרעסן‎ (fresn) or German fressen (“to devour, gobble”), from Middle High German vrezzen, from Old High German frezzan (“to devour, eat up”), from Proto-Germanic *fraetaną (“to eat up”), from *fra- (intensive and perfective prefix) + *etaną (“to eat”), equivalent to for- +‎ eat. Cognate with Old English fretan (“to devour”). Doublet of fret.

Verb

fress (third-person singular simple present fresses, present participle fressing, simple past and past participle fressed)

1. (obsolete) to eat without restraint; eat heartily

   Synonym: pig out

Anagrams

• serfs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /frɛsː/

  Rhymes: -ɛsː

Noun

fress n (genitive singular fress, nominative plural fress) or fress m (genitive singular fress, nominative plural fressar)

1. tomcat