"fritter away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fritters away [present, singular, third-person], frittering away [participle, present], frittered away [participle, past], frittered away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fritter away (third-person singular simple present fritters away, present participle frittering away, simple past and past participle frittered away)
  1. (transitive) To squander or waste. Tags: transitive Synonyms: piss away Translations (to squander): dağıtmaq (Azerbaijani), verprutsen (Dutch), verspillen (Dutch), meath (Irish)
    Sense id: en-fritter_away-en-verb-CQ4Buvwq Disambiguation of 'to squander': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-fritter_away-en-verb-mXK0ZgH2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (away) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 25 75

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fritter away meaning in English (1.8kB)

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        "(transitive) To decrease in an incremental way without hindrance."
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