English-German translations for fritter

• zerkleinern
• zerteilen
• Bratling der
• frickeln
• im Teigmantel
• kleinschneiden
• Küchle der
• prötteln
• sich verzetteln
• vergeuden
  Das dürfen wir im kommenden Zeitraum nicht vergeuden. We must not fritter that away in the subsequent period.
• verschleudern
• verzetteln
  Wir dürfen uns nicht verzetteln. We must not fritter away our money.
• würfeln
• zerbrechen

Definition of fritter

• A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter
• 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
• To sinter
• To break into small pieces or fragments

Examples

• I was supposed to do work, but I frittered around all afternoon.
• He can’t figure out how to finish the paper he’s writing, so he’s resorted to frittering with the fonts.
• It is quite possible to fritter ones life away in answer to the endless calls of others.

Related words

• Frittenden
• fritter away
• fritter away one's time