Fress - Meaning, Definition & English Examples
Fress is a Yiddish-derived verb meaning to eat greedily or noisily, often with enthusiasm. It implies indulging in food heartily, sometimes without manners. The term is informal and expressive.
Definition:
To eat greedily or noisily, often used for animals or informally for people.
Synonyms:
gobble, devour, gorge, wolf down
Part of Speech:
verb
Antonyms:
nibble, fast
Common Collocations:
fress food, fress noisily, fress like an animal
Derivatives:
fresser, fressing
Usage Tips:
Use "fress" informally for animals or humorously for people eating voraciously.
Common Phrases:
fress like a pig, fress away, fress fest
Etymology:
From Yiddish "fresn," meaning to eat greedily; related to German "fressen."
Examples:
- 1. The dog will fress its food if you don’t slow it down.
- 2. Stop fressing like a wild animal—use your manners!
- 3. We watched the bears fress on salmon by the river.
- 4. After the hike, they fressed on sandwiches and chips.