1. (n.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance enclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters.

2. (n.) A fragment; a shred; a small piece.

3. (v. t.) To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.

4. (v. t.) To break into small pieces or fragments.

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