American, informal

if a piece of equipment or machinery is on the fritz, it does not work as it should.

It will be a long, hot summer - our air conditioning is on the fritz.

• a big-head
• a big-mouth
• a big mouth
• a big noise
• a big shot
• a big wheel
• a billet-doux
• a bird-brain
• a bird in the hand
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
• a bird's eye view
• a bite of the cherry
• a bite to eat
• a bit much
• a bit of all right
• a bit of fluff
• a bit of how's your father
• a bit of rough
• a bit of skirt
• a bit on the side
• a bitter pill
• a bitter pill to swallow
• a bit too much
• a black day
• a black mark