verb · irregular · transitive · rare

fritter

fritter · fritters · frittered · frittering

стріляти, вистрілити, вистрелити

нарезать, дурью маяться, дробить

zerkleinern, zerteilen, sich verzetteln, würfeln

To squander or waste time, money, or other resourcesTo 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.

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UK/ˈfɹɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈfɹɪtɚ/

» Tom brought me an apple fritter.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive, often)To 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.
prötteln, sich verzetteln, frickeln
дурью маятьсяdurʹju majatʹsja
(transitive)To sinter.
(transitive)To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
kleinschneiden, zerteilen, würfeln
нарезатьnarezatʹ
(transitive)To break into small pieces or fragments.
zerkleinern, zerbrechen, zerteilen
дробитьdrobitʹ

More definitions

spend frivolously and unwisely

Examples

8 sentences

Tom brought me an apple fritter.
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Save me an apple fritter.
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Don't fritter your life away.
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Don't fritter away your allowance.
ruНе просади свою зарплату.
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Cod fritters are delicious, but absorb lots of fat.
Смажена тріска смачна, але абсорбує багато жиру.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to waste time:

to cut meat into small pieces:

to break into small pieces:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to waste time:

to cut meat into small pieces:

to break into small pieces:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture

Inherited from Middle English fryture, from Middle French friture, from Old French friture, from Vulgar Latin *frīctūra, from Latin frīgō (“to fry”); compare fry.

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