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Definition of Fritter
1. Verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely. "Fritter away one's inheritance"
Entails: Consume, Deplete, Eat, Eat Up, Exhaust, Run Through, Use Up, Wipe Out
Generic synonyms: Consume, Squander, Ware, Waste
Derivative terms: Dissipation
2. Noun. Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables.
Definition of Fritter
1. n. 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. v. t. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
Definition of Fritter
1. Noun. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive often with '''about''' or '''around''') To occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To sinter. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fritter
1. to squander little by little [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fritter
Literary usage of Fritter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... having no interest in their Arab flock, they were content to fritter away
their lives in Constantinople, useless ornaments of the Phanar. ..."
2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"... car. dim. of -tata, -ta- tone, niiii. of lulu, -tolla, F. : fritter ;
grease-spot (on clothing) ..."
3. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... RICE, fritterS Baked Macaroni—Boiled Macaroni—Macaroni with Ham—To Cook
Rice—Rice Croquettes —To Make Rice Croustades—Curried Rice—Rice fritters—fritter ..."
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