"fritters" in the noun sense
1. fritter
small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
"fritters" in the verb sense
1. fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away
spend frivolously and unwisely
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
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