Definition of "frazzle"

frazzle

/ˈfræzl̩/

verb
third-person singular simple present frazzles, present participle frazzling, simple past and past participle frazzled
1. (transitive) To fray or wear down, especially at the edges.
  Quotations
  Her hair was of a reddish-gray color, and its frazzled and tangled condition suggested that the woman had recently passed through a period of extreme excitement.
  1887, Joel Chandler Harris, Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches
2. (transitive) To drain emotionally or physically.
noun
plural frazzles
1. (informal) A burnt fragment; a cinder or crisp.
2. (informal) The condition or quality of being frazzled; a frayed end.
  Quotations
  My fingers are all cut to frazzles.
  1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous (Chapter III)
  Gordon had sent word to Lee that he had fought his corps to a frazzle.
  1886-90, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History