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Definitions for Fritter

[1] to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away ): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
[2] to break or tear into small pieces or shreds.
[3] to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, etc. (often followed by away ): to watch one's fortune fritter away.
[4] to separate or break into fragments: a plastic material having a tendency to fritter.
[5] a small piece, fragment, or shred.
[6] a small cake of batter, sometimes containing corn, fruit, clams, or some other ingredient, fried in deep fat or sautéed.
[7] (usually foll by away) to waste or squander to fritter away time
[8] to break or tear into small pieces; shred
[9] a small piece; shred
[10] a piece of food, such as apple or clam, that is dipped in batter and fried in deep fat

Words related to Fritter

lavish, misspend, squander, dissipate, blow, trifle, consume, idle, dally, frivol

Words nearby Fritter

frith, frithstool, fritillaria, fritillary, frittata, fritter, fritter away, fritto misto, fritz, friuli, friuli-venezia giulia

Origin of Fritter

21350–1400; Middle English friture, frytour < Old French friture < Late Latin frīctūra a frying, equivalent to Latin frict(us ), past participle of frīgere to fry1 + -ūra -ure

Other words from Fritter

frit·ter·er , noun
un·frit·tered , adjective

Word origin for Fritter

C14: from Old French friture, from Latin frictus fried, roasted, from frīgere to fry, parch

Synonyms for Fritter

dissipate, lavish, misspend, squander, blow, consume, dally, frivol, idle, trifle, be wasteful with, cast away, diddle away, go through, run through, spend like water, throw away