fritter
verb /ˈfrɪtə(r)/
/ˈfrɪtər/
Word Originverb early 18th cent.: based on obsolete fitter ‘break into fragments, shred’; perhaps related to German Fetzen ‘rag, scrap’.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they fritter | /ˈfrɪtə(r)/ /ˈfrɪtər/ |
he / she / it fritters | /ˈfrɪtəz/ /ˈfrɪtərz/ |
past simple frittered | /ˈfrɪtəd/ /ˈfrɪtərd/ |
past participle frittered | /ˈfrɪtəd/ /ˈfrɪtərd/ |
-ing form frittering | /ˈfrɪtərɪŋ/ /ˈfrɪtərɪŋ/ |