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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fritter

Noun

a piece of food, such as apple, that is dipped in batter and fried in deep fat [Latin frigere to fry]

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"

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fritter

verb (usually with away) squander, waste, run through, dissipate, misspend, idle away, fool away, spend like water

Translations

fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n → buñuelo

fritter away vt → desperdiciar

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fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n → beignet m

fritter away vt → gaspiller

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fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n → Schmalzgebackenes nt no pl mit Füllung

fritter away fritter vt → vergeuden

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fritter [ˈfrɪtəʳ] n → frittella

fritter away vt → sprecare