: a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat
frittered; frittering; fritters
1
: to spend or waste bit by bit, on trifles, or without commensurate return
—usually used with away
2
: to break into small fragments
Synonyms
Examples of fritter in a Sentence
Noun
she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup
Recent Examples on the Web
Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
Recipes are built around both Blais’ creative food style, with approachable recipes for zucchini fritters, eggplant and chickpea samosas, jerk cauliflower steaks and a blended mushroom burger.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
There are also some pleasant restaurants (such as the Buccaneer Club), and the weekly Friday-night fish fry at Governor's Harbour is a good chance to mingle with locals over Kalik beer, conch fritters, rum babas and more.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Jan. 2024
Bean burritos and zucchini fritters are two of her favorites.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
At 27 Tapas, the hotel’s open-air rooftop bar, try Ceviche 27 (made with the catch of the day, smoked almonds, apple and yellow chiles) or Caper Ceviche (with avocado, corn fritters and its catch-of-the-day leche de tigre supplemented with capers).
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
However, Roy has also added many Latin references, a nod to the destination, like Cubano fritters and octopus a la plancha.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
Every Saturday, Alicia would go down to our local donut store, get me a bag of apple fritters.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
Cook the fritters until the undersides are browned, about 3 minutes, then carefully turn them and cook until the second sides are nicely browned, for about 2 minutes.
—Julia Turshen, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, party gal Wren is busy smoking, binge drinking and fighting at night, as well as frittering her days away behind the counter at a stationery store (the only clever aspect of her character, who is physically and emotionally stationary in life).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
Worse, her family has moved from Manhattan to New Jersey, leaving behind her beloved grandmother (Kathy Bates, going full Auntie Mame) to fritter her energy on crossword puzzles.
—Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
The ads cast several of the area’s Republican House candidates as tools of the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and criticized another for allegedly using his clout as mayor to push his local schools to fritter away money on an ice rink.
—Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2020
Don’t fritter away your stalling.
—Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
The few hundred million euros that PSG may fritter away if Mbappe leaves next year for free is just the cost of doing business.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2021
That was when the Bulls jumped out to a 19-point lead, only to fritter it away in a span of five minutes as the Clippers went on a 23-4 run.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
After his first midterm election in 1994, Bill Clinton was seen as a colossal bust — the first Democrat in almost a half-century to fritter away both houses of Congress.
—Matt Bai, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
Noun
Popular plates include Scotch eggs, smoked salmon, cordon bleu fritters, fish and chips, and cottage pie.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2024
Recipes are built around both Blais’ creative food style, with approachable recipes for zucchini fritters, eggplant and chickpea samosas, jerk cauliflower steaks and a blended mushroom burger.
—Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024
There are also some pleasant restaurants (such as the Buccaneer Club), and the weekly Friday-night fish fry at Governor's Harbour is a good chance to mingle with locals over Kalik beer, conch fritters, rum babas and more.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 28 Jan. 2024
Bean burritos and zucchini fritters are two of her favorites.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
At 27 Tapas, the hotel’s open-air rooftop bar, try Ceviche 27 (made with the catch of the day, smoked almonds, apple and yellow chiles) or Caper Ceviche (with avocado, corn fritters and its catch-of-the-day leche de tigre supplemented with capers).
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
However, Roy has also added many Latin references, a nod to the destination, like Cubano fritters and octopus a la plancha.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2023
Every Saturday, Alicia would go down to our local donut store, get me a bag of apple fritters.
—Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
Cook the fritters until the undersides are browned, about 3 minutes, then carefully turn them and cook until the second sides are nicely browned, for about 2 minutes.
—Julia Turshen, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
The Ravens extended their margin rather than fritter it away.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 Jan. 2024
Meanwhile, party gal Wren is busy smoking, binge drinking and fighting at night, as well as frittering her days away behind the counter at a stationery store (the only clever aspect of her character, who is physically and emotionally stationary in life).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
Worse, her family has moved from Manhattan to New Jersey, leaving behind her beloved grandmother (Kathy Bates, going full Auntie Mame) to fritter her energy on crossword puzzles.
—Amy Nicholson, Variety, 20 Apr. 2023
The ads cast several of the area’s Republican House candidates as tools of the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and criticized another for allegedly using his clout as mayor to push his local schools to fritter away money on an ice rink.
—Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 29 Sep. 2020
Don’t fritter away your stalling.
—Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2021
The few hundred million euros that PSG may fritter away if Mbappe leaves next year for free is just the cost of doing business.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2021
That was when the Bulls jumped out to a 19-point lead, only to fritter it away in a span of five minutes as the Clippers went on a 23-4 run.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
After his first midterm election in 1994, Bill Clinton was seen as a colossal bust — the first Democrat in almost a half-century to fritter away both houses of Congress.
—Matt Bai, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
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“Fritter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fritter. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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