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Fritter

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
2.NounA fragment; a shred; a small piece.
3.VerbTo squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. 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.; It is quite possible to fritter one's life away in answer to the endless calls of others."
4.VerbTo sinter.
5.VerbTo cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
6.VerbTo break into small pieces or fragments.
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