Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To squander or waste.

    Keep frittering money and resources away on such media for as long as you live or want.

  2. (transitive)To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance.

More definitions
  • spend frivolously and unwisely

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Don't fritter your life away.

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  2. Don't fritter away your allowance.

    ruНе просади свою зарплату. — shanghainese

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Forms

fritters away, frittering away, frittered away, frittered away
Base formfritter away · to fritter away
3rd person singularfritters away
Present participlefrittering away
Past simplefrittered away
Past participlefrittered away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfritter away
he, she, itfritters away

Past simpleLesson

all personsfrittered away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave frittered away
he, she, ithas frittered away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fritter away

Synonyms

8 synonyms
piss awayfribble
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
friskfriskyfritterfritzfrivolityfrivolous
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