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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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
But practical evidence of AI transforming everyday tasks is limited, which is where fried chicken comes in.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
With the largest indoor water park in Michigan, an on-site arcade, indoor mini golf, multiple eateries (including one focused on fried chicken, of course), the Bavarian Inn Lodge is a lovely base for a family getaway.
—Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
After seven tumultuous years that saw multiple owners, hundreds of guitar-picking musicians and a whole lot of fried chicken, Duke's will close its doors for good this fall.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Fried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fried. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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