Fritter
Fritter , noun
[OR. fritour, friture, pancake, French friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, transitive verb]
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.
Collocations (1)
Corn fritter , See under Corn.
Fritter , transitive verb
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.
Collocations (1)
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.