frice
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɹaɪs/
- Rhymes: -aɪs
Adverb
frice (not comparable)
- (rare, nonstandard, humorous) four times
- 1999, John R. Erickson, Gerald L. Holmes, Every dog has his day:
- […] not once or twice or thrice or frice, but many times, and always under awkward conditions.
- 2001, Benedict Kelly, The collected stories of Benedict Kiely:
- […] and wince, she says, and twice and thrice and frice and fice and sice and seven-up sits the Star of the County Down […]
- 2001 February 7, "Joe", “Linnell finds the camera!”, in alt.music.tmbg (Usenet), message-ID <95sa2g$debts$1@ID-50051.news.dfncis.de>:
- Three cheers for scratch: Hip hip huzzah! Hip hip huzzah! Hip hip huz-ZAH! Not only do I get to see it now, but I got to say huzzah thrice! Well, I guess now it's frice.
- 2001 August 4, "Alan T Gower", “Seconds from Disaster”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet), message-ID <3b6bac29$0$3761$cc9e4d1f@news.dial.pipex.com>:
- I've been caught out once or twice or thrice or frice.
- 2015, “Chumbucket”, in Mad Max, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment:
- Our sacred boost is now finally perfected! As powerful as can be... and FRICE can you use it!
Synonyms
- fourfold; see also fourice, Thesaurus:four times
Spanish
Verb
frice
- inflection of frizar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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