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Rarefritter
The correct spelling is fritter.
How to pronounce fritter
/ˈfɹɪtə/
nounIPA: /ˈfɹɪtə/
Say it like: Fri-tte-r
The correct spelling is fritter. A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter. For example: "He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts."
Usage Examples
“He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
- 2.A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
verb
- 1.(often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
- 2.To sinter.
- 3.To cut (meat etc.) into small pieces for frying.
- 4.To break into small pieces or fragments.
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