fritter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fritter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fritter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fritter n small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables v spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance" Synonym(s): fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frittering}.] 1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 2. To break into small pieces or fragments. Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fritter \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See {Far}, v. t.] 1. 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. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras. {Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}.