fritter
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈfrɪtə/, SAMPA: /"frIt@/
- (US) enPR: frĭtʹər, IPA: /ˈfrɪtɚ/, SAMPA: /"frIt@`/
- Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
[edit] Noun
fritter (plural fritters)
- 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
dish made by deep-frying
[edit] Verb
fritter (third-person singular simple present fritters, present participle frittering, simple past and past participle frittered)
- (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.
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