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Webster 1913 Edition
Fritter
Frit′ter
,Noun.
[OR. ]
fritour
, friture
, pancake, F. friture
frying, a thing fried, from frire
to fry. See Far
, Verb.
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
2.
A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
And cut whole giants into
fritters
. Hudibras.
Corn fritter
. See under
Corn
.Frit′ter
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Frittered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frittering
.] 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. Pope.
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.Webster 1828 Edition
Fritter
FRIT'TER
,Noun.
1.
A small pancake; also, a small piece of meat fried.2.
A fragment; a shred; a small piece.And cut whole giants into fritters.
FRIT'TER
, v.t.1.
To cut meat into small pieces to be fried.2.
To break into small pieces or fragments.Break all their nerves, and fritter all their sense.
To fritter away, is to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to nothing by taking away a little at a time.
Definition 2024
fritter
fritter
English
Noun
fritter (plural fritters)
- A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
- A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
- Hudibras
- And cut whole giants into fritters.
- Hudibras
Derived terms
Terms derived from fritter
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Translations
dish made by deep-frying
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.
- (transitive) To sinter.
- (transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
- (transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.
- Alexander Pope
- Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
- Alexander Pope
Derived terms
Terms derived from fritter
Translations
to waste time
sinter — see sinter
to cut meat into small pieces
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to break into small pieces
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See also
French
Verb
fritter
Conjugation
Conjugation of fritter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | fritter | avoir fritté | |||||
| gerund | en frittant | en ayant fritté | |||||
| present participle | frittant /fʁi.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | fritté /fʁi.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fritte /fʁit/ |
frittes /fʁit/ |
fritte /fʁit/ |
frittons /fʁi.tɔ̃/ |
frittez /fʁi.te/ |
frittent /fʁit/ |
| imperfect | frittais /fʁi.tɛ/ |
frittais /fʁi.tɛ/ |
frittait /fʁi.tɛ/ |
frittions /fʁi.tjɔ̃/ |
frittiez /fʁi.tje/ |
frittaient /fʁi.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | frittai /fʁi.te/ |
frittas /fʁi.ta/ |
fritta /fʁi.ta/ |
frittâmes /fʁi.tam/ |
frittâtes /fʁi.tat/ |
frittèrent /fʁi.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | fritterai /fʁi.tʁe/ |
fritteras /fʁi.tʁa/ |
frittera /fʁi.tʁa/ |
fritterons /fʁi.tʁɔ̃/ |
fritterez /fʁi.tʁe/ |
fritteront /fʁi.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | fritterais /fʁi.tʁɛ/ |
fritterais /fʁi.tʁɛ/ |
fritterait /fʁi.tʁɛ/ |
fritterions /fʁi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fritteriez /fʁi.tə.ʁje/ |
fritteraient /fʁi.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | fritte /fʁit/ |
frittes /fʁit/ |
fritte /fʁit/ |
frittions /fʁi.tjɔ̃/ |
frittiez /fʁi.tje/ |
frittent /fʁit/ |
| imperfect1 |
frittasse /fʁi.tas/ |
frittasses /fʁi.tas/ |
frittât /fʁi.ta/ |
frittassions /fʁi.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
frittassiez /fʁi.ta.sje/ |
frittassent /fʁi.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | fritte /fʁit/ |
— | frittons /fʁi.tɔ̃/ |
frittez /fʁi.te/ |
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