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verb (used with object)
1.
to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
2.
to break or tear into small pieces or shreds.
verb (used without object)
3.
to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, etc. (often followed by away): to watch one's fortune fritter away.
4.
to separate or break into fragments: a plastic material having a tendency to fritter.
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Fritter away
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
5.
a small piece, fragment, or shred.
Origin:
1720–30; earlier fitter, derivative of fit (Old English fitt) a part
1720–30; earlier fitter, derivative of fit (Old English fitt) a part
Related forms
frit·ter·er, noun
un·frit·tered, adjective
Synonyms
1. dissipate, frivol away, idle away.
1. dissipate, frivol away, idle away.
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Idioms & Phrases
fritter away
Squander or waste little by little; wear down gradually. For example, She frittered away her salary on odds and ends and saved nothing. This expression was first recorded in Alexander Pope's Dunciad (1728): "How prologues into prefaces decay, And these to notes are fritter'd quite away."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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