fritters
noun
Meaning
- A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
- A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
- (often with about, around, or away) 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.
- To sinter.
- To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
- To break into small pieces or fragments.
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