fritter[verb]Synonyms: waste, blow, cast away, consume, dissipate, fool (away), frivol away, squander, throw away, trifle (away)
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. frit‧ter1 /ˈfrɪtə $ -ər/
verbfritter something ↔ away phrasal verb 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. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. fritter2 noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: friture, from Latin frigere; ⇒ fry1]
a thin piece of fruit, vegetable, or meat covered with a mixture of eggs and flour and cooked in hot fat
apple/corn/banana etc fritter [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲