From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
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And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras.
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{Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Frittering}.]
1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
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2. To break into small pieces or fragments.
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Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
--Pope.
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{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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fritter
n 1: small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or
vegetables
v 1: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: {fritter}, {frivol away}, {dissipate},
{shoot}, {fritter away}, {fool}, {fool away}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Fritter /fritr/
coherer
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