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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And cut whole giants into fritters.   --Hudibras.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Corn fritter. See under Corn.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To break into small pieces or fragments.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fritter
       n : small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or
           vegetables
       v : spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
           inheritance" [syn: frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter
           away, fool, fool away]

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fritter
     Englanti n.
     uppopaistettu ruoka

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Fritter /frˈɪtɜ/ 
  coherer 
     Synonym: einfacher Detektor
  

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  الفطيرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  fritter //ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)// //ˈfɹɪtɚ// /[ˈfɹɪɾɚ]/ 
  прахосвам
  to waste time

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  druh fritovaného pokrmu

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  Beignet , Schmalzgebackenes [cook.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/ 
  sich verzetteln 
   see: frittering, frittered, fritters, frittered
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  
  σπαταλώ, θρυμματίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fritter //ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)// //ˈfɹɪtɚ// /[ˈfɹɪɾɚ]/ 
  friteerattu
  dish made by deep-frying

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  fritter //ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)// //ˈfɹɪtɚ// /[ˈfɹɪɾɚ]/ 
  1. särkeä
  to break into small pieces
  2. suikaloida
  to cut meat into small pieces
  3. näperrellä
  to waste time

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/ 
  1. गँवाना
        "The brothers frittered away their wealth in gambling."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/ 
  1. लपसी
        "The potato fritters are very tasty."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  krafna, uštipak

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  1. gözlemeye benzer bir çeşit börek.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fritter /fɹˈɪtə/
  1. parça, ufak parça
  2. parça parça kesmek, dağıtmak. fritter away boşuna sarfetmek, ziyan etmek, israf etmek.

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  fritter /fʁi.te/ 
  sinterizzare

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  fritter /fʁi.te/ 
  sinterizar

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹɪtɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "fritter":
     apple fritter, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bismarck, blow,
     cast away, consume, cruller, dissipate, doughnut, fastnacht,
     fool away, friedcake, fritter away, idle away, misspend, olykoek,
     raised doughnut, sinker, squander, throw away, twister, waste
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 逐渐浪费,细切,剁碎;
  n. 细片,屑,以肉;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 浪费,细切,剁碎
     n. 细片,屑

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