fritter

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfrɪtə/, SAMPA: /"frIt@/
• (US) enPR: frĭtʹər, IPA: /ˈfrɪtɚ/, SAMPA: /"frIt@`/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)

[edit] Noun

fritter (plural fritters)

1. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.

[edit] Derived terms

• apple fritter
• corn fritter
• French fritter
• fritter batter
• fritterware
• oyster fritter
• rice fritter
• spam fritter

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to fritter (third-person singular simple present fritters, present participle frittering, simple past and past participle frittered)

1. (intransitive, often with about or around) 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• fritter away
• frittered
• fritterer
• frittering

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[edit] See also

• tempura