1. [n]  small quantity of fried batter containing fruit or meat or vegetables
2. [v]  spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"

FRITTER is a 7 letter word that starts with F.

1. \Frit"ter\, n. [OR. fritour, friture, pancake, F.
   friture frying, a thing fried, from frire to fry. See {Far},
   v. t.]
   1. A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a
      frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the
      substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam
      fritters, oyster fritters.
   
   2. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.
   
            And cut whole giants into fritters.   --Hudibras.
   
   {Corn fritter}. See under {Corn}.
   
   

2. \Frit"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frittered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Frittering}.]
   1. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
   
   2. To break into small pieces or fragments.
   
            Break all nerves, and fritter all their sense.
                                                  --Pope.
   
   {To fritter away}, to diminish; to pare off; to reduce to
      nothing by taking away a little at a time; also, to waste
      piecemeal; as, to fritter away time, strength, credit,
      etc.