About The Word Fritter
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Fritter
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What's The Definition Of Fritter?
[n] small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
[v] spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fritter: dissipate | fool | fool away | fritter away | frivol away | shoot Related Terms | Find terms related to Fritter: apple fritter | beignet | beignet aux pommes | bismarck | blow | cast away | consume | cruller | dissipate | doughnut | fastnacht | fool away | friedcake | fritter away | idle away | misspend | olykoek | raised doughnut | sinker | squander | throw away | twister | waste See Also | apple fritter | consume | corn fritter | deplete | eat | eat up | exhaust | friedcake | run through | squander | use up | ware | waste | wipe out Fritter In Webster's Dictionary \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F.
friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See {Far},
v. t.]
1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a
frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the
substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam
fritters, oyster fritters.
2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras.
{Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}.
\Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc. |
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