Meaning

noun informal terms for a difficult situation

noun something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug

noun the act of putting something in working order again

originFrom Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

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