fritter

verb
🔊/ˈfrɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈfrɪtər/
Word Originverb early 18th cent.: based on obsolete fitter ‘break into fragments, shred’; perhaps related to German Fetzen ‘rag, scrap’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fritter
🔊/ˈfrɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈfrɪtər/
he / she / it fritters
🔊/ˈfrɪtəz/
🔊/ˈfrɪtərz/
past simple frittered
🔊/ˈfrɪtəd/
🔊/ˈfrɪtərd/
past participle frittered
🔊/ˈfrɪtəd/
🔊/ˈfrɪtərd/
-ing form frittering
🔊/ˈfrɪtərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfrɪtərɪŋ/
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fritter

noun
🔊/ˈfrɪtə(r)/
🔊/ˈfrɪtər/
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  1. (usually in compounds通常构成复合词) a piece of fruit, meat or vegetable that is covered with batter and fried油炸馅饼Topics Foodc2
    Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French friture, based on Latin frigere.