Synonyms for fritter away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : frit-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɪt ər |
Top 10 synonyms for fritter away
Définition of fritter away
Origin :- "whittle away," 1728, from fritters "fragment or shred," possibly from a noun sense, but this is not recorded as early as the verb; perhaps an alteration of 16c. fitters "fragments or pieces," perhaps ultimately from Old French fraiture "a breaking," from Latin fractura. Or perhaps from a Germanic source (cf. Middle High German vetze "clothes, rags").
- verb waste
- But Delancy had no time to fritter away on niceties of etiquette.
- Extract from : « Making People Happy » by Thompson Buchanan
- The curse of the ranchers is that they fritter away their strength.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- Shilly-shally, to trifle or fritter away time; to be irresolute.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- I'll smash that lute of yours to bits; you fritter away your working hours with it!
- Extract from : « Such is Life » by Frank Wedekind
- K—— used to fritter away his time on designs for old friends.
- Extract from : « From Sea to Sea » by Rudyard Kipling
- A teacher should not fritter away his attention on inattentive pupils.
- Extract from : « Sunday-School Success » by Amos R. Wells
- He resolved, therefore, to waste no time—to fritter away no energy in feeble dalliance with trouble; but to face her boldly.
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) » by Samuel Warren
- The man who is to be the father of the future dukes must not be allowed to fritter away his time in obscurity.
- Extract from : « Can You Forgive Her? » by Anthony Trollope
- Want to stay in town over night and fritter away your money and the time the government pays for.
- Extract from : « Found in the Philippines » by Charles King
- She was evidently a strong-minded woman, and would not fritter away her valuable time for nothing.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
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