meaning of fritter
1. 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.
2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
3. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
4. To break into small pieces or fragments.
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