fritter

frit·ter ¹  (frtr)

tr.v. frit·tered, frit·ter·ing, frit·ters

1. To reduce or squander little by little: frittered his inheritance away. See Synonyms at waste.

2. To break, tear, or cut into bits; shred.

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[Probably from fritter, fragment, probably alteration of fitters, from fitter, to break into small pieces.]

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frit·ter ²  (frtr)

n.

A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.

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[Middle English friture, from Old French, from Late Latin frctra, from Latin frctus, past participle of frgere, to roast, fry.]

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fritter¹

vb (tr)

1. (usually foll by away) to waste or squander to fritter away time

2. to break or tear into small pieces; shred

n

a small piece; shred

[probably from obsolete fitter to break into small pieces, ultimately from Old English fitt a piece]

fritterer  n

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fritter²

n

(Cookery) a piece of food, such as apple or clam, that is dipped in batter and fried in deep fat

[from Old French friture, from Latin frictus fried, roasted, from frīgere to fry, parch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fritter - small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables friedcake - small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat apple fritter - fritter containing sliced apple corn fritter - fritter containing corn or corn kernels
Verb	1.	fritter - spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" fool away, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot ware, squander, consume, waste - spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"

Translations

fritter¹ [ˈfrɪtəʳ] N (Culin) → buñuelo m
corn fritter → arepa f (Col, Ven)

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fritter² [ˈfrɪtəʳ] VT (also fritter away) → malgastar, desperdiciar

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fritter [ˈfrɪtə^r] n → beignet m

fritter away

vt [+ time, money] → gaspiller

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fritter¹

vt (Brit: also fritter away) money, time → vertun (inf), → vergeuden, verplempern (inf)

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fritter²

n (Cook) → Beignet m, → Schmalzgebackenes nt no pl → mit Füllung; apple fritter → Apfelbeignet m

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fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n (Culin) → frittella

fritter away vt + adv → sprecare

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fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n (Culin) → frittella

fritter away vt + adv → sprecare

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fritter

v fritter [ˈfritə]

(often withaway) to throw away or waste gradually He frittered (away) all his money on gambling. verspil يُبَدِّدُ ماله، يُبَعْثِر пропилявам promarnit ødsle bort; klatte væk verplempern κατασπαταλώ desperdiciar, malgastar ära kulutama, pillama تلف کردن haaskata gaspiller לְבַזבֵּז गंवाना rasprckati, potrošiti elpazarol membuang-buang sóa smátt og smátt; bruðla sciupare, sprecare 浪費する 조금씩 낭비하다 (iš)eikvoti, (iš)švaistyti izšķiest membuang-buang verspillen sløse/ødsle/søle bort (roz)trwonić desperdiçar a risipi транжирить premárniť zapraviti straćiti slösa (kasta) bort เสีย (เงินหรือเวลา) harcamak, israf etmek (一點一點地)浪費掉 розтринькувати ضائع کرنا phung phí （一点一点地）浪费掉