Found 3 items, similar to fritter.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: fritter memboroskan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fritter 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fritter 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] 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]