fritter

tr.v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

1. To reduce or squander little by little: frittered his inheritance away. See synonyms at waste.
2. To break, tear, or cut into bits; shred.

[Probably from fritter, fragment, probably alteration of fitters, from fitter, to break into small pieces.]

frit·ter² (frĭt'ər)
n.
A small cake made of batter, often containing fruit, vegetables, or fish, sautéed or deep-fried.

[Middle English friture, from Old French, from Late Latin frīctūra, from Latin frīctus, past participle of frīgere, to roast, fry.]

A portion of sweet or savoury food, coated in batter and fried.

A small, sweet or savory, deep-fried cake made either by combining chopped food with a thick batter or by dipping pieces of food into a similar batter. Some of the more popular foods used for fritters are apples, corn and crab.

v

Definition: waste away
Antonyms: hold, save, store

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - bortøde, drysse

idioms:

• fritter away    klatte væk

2.
n. - beignet, ring

Nederlands (Dutch)
beignet, versnipperen, verdwijnen/slinken

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - gaspiller

idioms:

• fritter away    gaspiller

2.
n. - (Culin) beignet

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - zerbrechen, zerreißen

idioms:

• fritter away    vergeuden, verplempern

2.
n. - Fettgebackenes, kleines Stück

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - θρυμματίζω, κατατρίβω
n. - (μαγειρ.) μπουρέκι, σβίγκος, τηγανίτα

idioms:

• fritter away    διασπαθίζω, κατασπαταλώ

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• fritter away    sprecare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desperdiçar (dinheiro, tempo)
n. - bolinho (m) frito (Culin.)

idioms:

• fritter away    desperdiçar (dinheiro, tempo)

Русский (Russian)
пончик, делить на мелкие части

idioms:

• fritter away    растрачивать по мелочам, тратить на пустяки, транжирить

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - fragmentar, desmenuzar

idioms:

• fritter away    desperdiciar, malgastar

2.
n. - buñuelo, fritura

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beignet (kok.), bryta
n. - beignet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 浪费

idioms:

• fritter away    浪费, 耗费

2. 带馅油炸面团

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 帶餡油炸麵團

2.
v. tr. - 浪費

idioms:

• fritter away    浪費, 耗費

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~낭비하다, 잘게 썰다

idioms:

• fritter away    ~을 낭비하다

2.
n. - 과일 고기에 반죽을 입혀 튀긴 것

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - むだに使う
n. - フリッター

idioms:

• fritter away    …をちびちび消費する, つまらない事に～を消費する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبدد , بفتت (الاسم) فطيرة مقليه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ביזבז (כסף, זמן אנרגיה וכו')‬
n. - ‮כיסון ממולא מטוגן‬

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