FRITTER

Fritter

Fritter is a name applied to a wide variety of fried foods, usually consisting of a portion of batter or breading which has been filled with bits of meat, seafood, fruit, or other ingredients.

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fritter

Noun

  1. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
  2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

Verb

  1. 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.
    I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
    He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
  2. To sinter.
  3. To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
  4. To break into small pieces or fragments.


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