Definition of "small fry" in English

Noun

1. One or more small or immature fish.

2. One or more children.

3. One or more relatively small and insignificant individuals or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

   • The police did not arrest the drug dealer since he was a small fry compared to his boss.
   • These slot machines are just the small fry. The big games are in the back room.