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Fritter

//ˈfɹɪtɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
  2. 2
    small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables wordnet
  3. 3
    A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

    "And cut whole giants into fritters."

Verb
  1. 1
    To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination. intransitive, often

    "I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon."

  2. 2
    spend frivolously and unwisely wordnet
  3. 3
    To sinter. transitive
  4. 4
    To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying. transitive
  5. 5
    To break into small pieces or fragments. transitive

    "Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry. For the development of Middle English /iu̯r(ə)/ into /ə(ɹ)/, compare armour, batter, border, solder.

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