Showing results for fetched. Search instead for letched.

fetched

American

[fech-id, fecht] / ˈfɛtʃ ɪd, fɛtʃt /

adjective

South Midland U.S.

damned.

Jim beat up every fetched one of them.

Other Word Forms

unfetched adjective

Etymology

Origin of fetched

1850–55, apparently fetch ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If all of that sounds downright crazy, it isn’t as far fetched as you might think.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

A single eagle fetched $2 from the state government, or at today’s prices, nearly $50.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Although shut out of the Oscar nominations, Universal Pictures’ “Wicked: for Good” fetched $1.3 billion in global ticket sales.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

That cap was sun-faded and insect-damaged, but fetched A$479,700, including the buyer's premium, at auction.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

Brannon fetched the paper from the counter and leaned against the partition of the booth.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023