What does Fritter mean?
Definitions for Fritter
ˈfrɪt ərfrit·ter
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Princeton's WordNet
fritterverb
small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool awayverb
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
Wiktionary
fritternoun
A dish made by deep-frying food coated in batter.
fritterverb
To occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
fritterverb
To sinter
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FRITTERnoun
Etymology: friture, French.
Maids, fritters and pancakes ynow see ye make;
Let Slut have one pancake for company sake. Thomas Tusser, Husb.Sense and putter! have I lived to stand in the taunt of one that makes fritters of English! William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Winds.
If you strike a solid body that is brittle, as glass or sugar, it breaketh not only where the immediate force is, but breaketh all about into shivers and fritters; the motion, upon the pressure, searching all ways, and breaking where it findeth the body weakest. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
The ancient errant knights
Won all their ladies hearts in fights;
And cut whole giants into fritters,
To put them into amorous twitters. Hudibras, p. iii.To Fritterverb
Etymology: from the noun.
Joy to great chaos! let division reign!
My racks and tortures soon shall drive them hence,
Break all their nerves, and fritter all their sense. Dunciad.How prologues into prefaces decay,
And these to notes are fritter’d quite away. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.
Wikipedia
Fritter
A fritter is a portion of meat, seafood, fruit, vegetables or other ingredients which have been battered or breaded, or just a portion of dough without further ingredients, that is deep-fried. Fritters are prepared in both sweet and savory varieties.
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fritter
A fritter is a small, deep-fried food item consisting of a mixture or batter that typically includes some type of diced or chopped ingredients, such as fruits, vegetables, or meat, which is then fried until crispy and golden brown. Fritters can be sweet or savory and are often served as a snack, appetizer, or side dish.
Webster Dictionary
Fritterverb
a small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters
Fritterverb
a fragment; a shred; a small piece
Fritterverb
to cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying
Fritterverb
to break into small pieces or fragments
Etymology: [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F. friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
Wikidata
Fritter
Fritter is a name applied to a wide variety of fried foods, usually consisting of a portion of batter or breading which has been filled with bits of meat, seafood, fruit, or other ingredients.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fritter
frit′ėr, n. a piece of meat fried: a kind of pancake, a slice of some fruit sweetened, fried, and served hot: a fragment.—v.t. to break into fragments.—n. Fritt′erer, one who wastes time. [O. Fr. friture—L. frigĕre, frictum, to fry.]
CrunchBase
Fritter
Fritter is for all hungry people and restaurants to use. Users can register on Fritter to grab the best deals from their favorite local restaurants and order from them online! Restaurants upload their menus, specials of the day, events, and promotions for registered users to see.Fritter lets users order from any restaurant that lists their menu online with the option of getting the food delivered. Users browse items from various menus and pick and choose from them to fit their appetite.Fritter works with restaurants who do not offer a delivery service and pairs them up with a qualified driver in a “driver-share” program with other restaurants nearby. Meaning restaurants that cannot afford to take on the hassle of employing and insuring delivery personnel have the ability to grow their business with minimal effort.Users can group order at work, add restaurants to their favorite’s list, and order from one or more restaurant on the same bill. Fritter allows the user to have direct contact to the restaurant and delivery drivers in real time via email and text message. Deliveries are tracked via geo-tagging in real time so the user knows where the order is.Fritter was founded in 2010 by Derek Dahl, a techie think tank with a background in engineering. Fritter’s headquarters are located in Mooresville, North Carolina, which was ranked as the fastest growing microcosm in the United States (Suburb of a Major City).The idea to develop Fritter came from a need for restaurants to maintain constant contact with members in the community. There was no centralized place for restaurants to directly contact hungry people and lure them in with promotions. It was decided to offer online ordering when a large percentage of locals complained about ordering food from restaurants over the phone, especially when they were busy.Fritter organizes all orders for restaurants to help increase workflow and productivity of their staff. Finally hungry people can be sure that their order is prepared the way they want it.Fritter has released a number of tools that let the restaurants stay in control of their menus. Private label ordering says time and builds the image and brand of even the smallest mom-and-pop stores. Hungry people go to Fritter.co
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FRITTER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fritter is ranked #47791 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Fritter surname appeared 443 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Fritter.
97.9% or 434 total occurrences were White.
1.8% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Fritter in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Fritter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Fritter in a Sentence
This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won't get it back later.
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