Definition of "frazzle" [fraz•zle]

• To wear away along the edges; fray. (verb-transitive)
• To exhaust physically or emotionally. (verb-transitive)
• To become worn away along the edges. (verb-intransitive)
• To become exhausted physically or emotionally. (verb-intransitive)
• A frayed or tattered condition. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The escape of even a "frazzle" of the 5th Corps was due to their superhuman energy and exertions."
• "My brother, who was one of them, told me that at the time the white flag was raised by Gen. Lee this same "frazzle" was driving the enemy in its front!"
• "They worked so hard having a good time all day, and late into the evening, that they were ‘worn to a frazzle’ when Monday morning came."