fritzes

Verb

fritz (third-person singular simple present fritzes, present participle fritzing, simple past and past participle fritzed)

1. (intransitive) To go wrong or become defective.
   • One clip, of Talking Heads playing “Born Under Punches” in Rome in 1980, is shot largely at groin level, amid sound equipment that is being manipulated for feedback squeals and other effects; it’s like being close to the crooked spine and fritzed nervous system of a body that’s simultaneously...2008 May 18, Virginia Heffernan, “Pixels at an Exhibition”, in New York Times

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