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fritter

(frɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense fritters, present participle frittering, past tense, past participle frittered
countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
Fritters are round pieces of fruit, vegetables, or meat that are dipped in batter and fried.
...apple fritters.
Phrasal verbs:
See fritter away
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fritter in British English 1

(ˈfrɪtə)
verb (transitive)
1. (usually foll by away)
to waste or squander
to fritter away time
2. 
to break or tear into small pieces; shred
noun
3. 
a small piece; shred
Derived forms
fritterer (ˈfritterer)
noun
Word origin
C18: probably from obsolete fitter to break into small pieces, ultimately from Old English fitt a piece

fritter in British English 2

(ˈfrɪtə)
noun
a piece of food, such as apple or clam, that is dipped in batter and fried in deep fat
Word origin
C14: from Old French friture, from Latin frictus fried, roasted, from frīgere to fry, parch

fritter in American English 1

(ˈfrɪtər)
noun
1.  Rare
a small piece; shred
verb transitive
2.  Rare
to break or tear into small pieces
3. 
to waste (money, time, etc.) bit by bit on petty things
usually with away
Derived forms
fritterer (ˈfritterer)
noun
Word origin
< ? OFr fraiture < L fractura: see fracture

fritter in American English 2

(ˈfrɪtər)
noun
a small cake of fried batter, usually containing corn, fruit, or other filling
Word origin
ME friture < OFr < VL *frictura < pp. of L frigere, fry1

Examples of 'fritter' in a sentence
fritter

It also gets placed in a ringfenced pot with penalties that mean the money is less likely to be frittered away.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
IT is bad enough when taxpayers' money is frittered away on idiotic aid projects.
The Sun (2016)
Dear Deidre I'VE lost trust in my husband as he fritters money away and tells so many lies.
The Sun (2016)
British taxpayers have grown accustomed to their money being frittered away.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sometimes they frittered away their energies on the temporary and the spectacular.
Christianity Today (2000)
Maybe you work in a council and are disgusted at how you see cash being frittered away.
The Sun (2010)
She and her colleagues stood and watched as many of our futures were frittered away.
The Sun (2010)
Hundreds of millions of pounds were frittered away paying architects.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
My dessert was three apple fritters.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The cash was frittered in duff property deals, paying off debts and treating her family.
The Sun (2012)
This overspend will anger taxpayers who do not want their money frittered away on politicians' vanity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It just means more of our hard-earned cash being frittered away.
The Sun (2007)
Money should be spent on good programmes, not frittered away on expenses.
The Sun (2008)
As theatre, it begins with real promise and fritters itself away.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And to make matters worse, he frittered away the money while she was asleep in bed recovering.
The Sun (2015)
I think she just frittered the money away.
The Sun (2016)
The entire festival is run on less money than is routinely frittered away on a single party at Cannes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Consumer price deflation continues; there is investment in cars and new homes but not much cash is frittered away on laptops and lipstick.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
How can the Government justify cutbacks in Britain when it fritters away money?
The Sun (2015)
Just how much cash was frittered away, and just how scandalously, is only now emerging.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And mashed banana with sugar and milk, and banana custard, banana milk shake and banana fritters.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's not my or any working man's fault that the tax collected has been frittered away on other things.
The Sun (2015)
As is so often the case, I frittered away the morning in a haze of social media.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
ENERGY ministers have frittered away enough cash to heat 3,000 family homes for a year, it was claimed yesterday.
The Sun (2014)

Chinese translation of 'fritter'

fritter

(ˈfrɪtəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 油煎饼(餅) (yóujiānbǐng) (个(個), gè)

Nearby words of
fritter

  • frill
  • fringe
  • Frisbee
  • fritter
  • fritter away
  • frivolous
  • fro

Related terms of
fritter

  • fritter away
(verb) 
Definition
to waste
I fritter my time away at coffee mornings.
Synonyms
squander
He had squandered his chances to win.
waste
We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
run through
dissipate
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
misspend
idle away
fool away
spend like water

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dissipate
Definition
to waste or squander
Her father had dissipated her inheritance.
Synonyms
squander,
spend,
waste,
consume,
run through,
deplete,
expend,
fritter away,
misspend,
exhaust,
consume,
scatter
in the sense of waste
Definition
to fail to take advantage of
We can't afford to waste money on another holiday.
Synonyms
squander,
throw away,
blow (slang),
run through,
lavish,
misuse,
dissipate,
fritter away,
frivol away (informal)

Nearby words of
fritter

  • frippery
  • frisk
  • frisky
  • fritter
  • frivolous
  • frivolousness
  • frizzle

Synonyms of 'fritter'

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