Associations to the word «Fritter»

Wiktionary

FRITTER, noun. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
FRITTER, noun. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
FRITTER, verb. (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.
FRITTER, verb. (transitive) To sinter.
FRITTER, verb. (transitive) To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
FRITTER, verb. (transitive) To break into small pieces or fragments.
FRITTER AWAY, verb. (transitive) To squander or waste.

Dictionary definition

FRITTER, noun. Small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables.
FRITTER, verb. Spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne