Fritter \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. 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. [1913 Webster]

2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece. [1913 Webster]

And cut whole giants into fritters. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]

Corn fritter. See under Corn. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Frittering.]

1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. [1913 Webster]

2. To break into small pieces or fragments. [1913 Webster]

Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "fritter": apple fritter, beignet, beignet aux pommes, bismarck, blow, cast away, consume, cruller, dissipate, doughnut, fastnacht, fool away, friedcake, fritter away, idle away, misspend, olykoek, raised doughnut, sinker, squander, throw away, twister, waste

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

fritter

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Fritter \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Fritter \Frit"ter\, v. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)