English Explanatory Dictionary

small fry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One or more small or immature fish.
  2. One or more children.
  3. One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

Pronunciation

En-au-small fry.ogg

Word forms

small fry small fries

Etymology

From small + fry, first use appears c. 1577, in the publications of John Dee.

Synonyms

small potatoes minnow nobody no one

Antonyms

big fish
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