| Fritter 1. (n.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance enclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters. 2. (n.) A fragment; a shred; a small piece. 3. (v. t.) To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying. 4. (v. t.) To break into small pieces or fragments. Thesaurus Entries 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, squander, throw away, twister, waste |