fritter

as in cake
a small usually rounded mass of minced food that has been fried she loves eating corn fritters with maple syrup

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Recent Examples of fritter What about those $2 beers, Chicago-style hot dogs and conch fritters that were perennial fixtures of the 75-year-old neighborhood Dania Beach Grill? Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2025 The fritters have a good amount of breading without being greasy and the carrots still have some bite. Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025 Though the apple fritter is award-worthy, the breakfast tacos are the main attraction. Edmund Tijerina, Bon Appétit, 27 Feb. 2025 The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins. Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fritter
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Noun
  • Gabriel, especially, was the icing on the cake for those who were baffled that Sanders hadn't gone off the board, as some experts didn’t have him on their top five quarterback rankings heading into the draft.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Paton last year said the Broncos were preparing a cake when the coach almost, but not quite, triggered a move back on Day 2 of the draft.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Fatburger: Fans can get the fast-food chain's Baby Fat burger, made with a 2.5-ounce patty, through June 30 at participating locations, or online at fatburger.com with code BABYFAT5.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The namesake Bad Boy Burger ($11.99) is two quarter-pound patties, bacon, American cheese, Swiss cheese, chili, lettuce, tomato, pickles, ketchup and mustard.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 7 Apr. 2025

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