fritter

fritter
I noun
(Cookery)

apple/sausage fritters — Apfelstücke/Würstchen in Pfannkuchenteig

II transitive verb

fritter away — vergeuden; verplempern (ugs.)

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['fritə]
verb
((often with away) to throw away or waste gradually: He frittered (away) all his money on gambling.) verplempern
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frit·ter
[ˈfrɪtəʳ, AM -t̬ɚ]
I. n Fettgebackenes nt (mit Obst-/Gemüsefüllung)
apple/corn \fritters ausgebackene Apfelscheiben [o ÖSTERR gebackene Mäuse] /überbackener Mais [o SCHWEIZ Apfelküchli] nt
II. vt
▪ to \fritter away ⇆ sth etw vergeuden; money etw verschleudern
to \fritter away the day/time den Tag/die Zeit vertrödeln fam
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I ['frɪtə(r)]
vt (Brit)
money, time vertun (inf), vergeuden, verplempern (inf) II
n (COOK)
Beignet m, Schmalzgebackenes nt no pl mit Füllung

apple fritter — Apfelbeignet m

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fritter [ˈfrıtə(r)]
A v/t
1. meist fritter away sein Geld, eine Gelegenheit, seine Zeit vertun, seine Zeit vertrödeln, sein Geld, seine Kräfte vergeuden
2. a) zerfetzen, in Fetzen reißen
b) in (schmale) Streifen schneiden, (GASTR auch) schnetzeln
B s
1. a) Fetzen m
b) (schmaler) Streifen
2. GASTR Beignet m (Schmalzgebäck mit Füllung)
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I noun
(Cookery)

apple/sausage fritters — Apfelstücke/Würstchen in Pfannkuchenteig

II transitive verb

fritter away — vergeuden; verplempern (ugs.)

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v.
verzetteln v.

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