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apple fritter — noun fritter containing sliced apple • Hypernyms: ↑fritter … Useful english dictionary
apple fritter — Cockney Rhyming Slang Bitter (beer) I ve tried that new apple but I prefer my salmon (Salmon and trout – stout) … English dialects glossary
Fritter — An apple fritter banana fritters … Wikipedia
fritter — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
fritter — 1. v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by away) waste (money, time, energy, etc.) triflingly, indiscriminately, or on divided aims. 2 archaic subdivide. Etymology: obs. n. fritter(s) fragments = obs. fitters (n.pl.), perh. rel. to MHG vetze rag 2. n. a piece of… … Useful english dictionary
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fritter — frit|ter1 [ˈfrıtə US ər] fritter away [fritter sth<=>away] phr v to waste time, money, or effort on something small or unimportant fritter something<=>away on ▪ He frittered away a fortune on fast cars and gambling. fritter 2 fritter2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
fritter — I UK [ˈfrɪtə(r)] / US [ˈfrɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms fritter : singular fritter plural fritters a food made by covering a piece of food in batter and cooking it in hot fat apple fritters II UK [ˈfrɪtə(r)] / US [ˈfrɪtər] verb Word forms… … English dictionary
fritter — 1 noun (C) a thin piece of fruit, vegetable, or meat covered with a mixture of eggs and flour and cooked in hot fat : apple/corn/banana fritter (=made of apple, corn etc) 2 fritter sth away phrasal verb (T) to waste time, money, or effort on… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fritter — frit|ter1 [ frıtər ] noun count a food made by covering a piece of food in BATTER and cooking it in hot fat: apple fritters fritter frit|ter 2 [ frıtər ] verb ,fritter a way phrasal verb transitive to waste time or money on things that are not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
