prutsen — meaning in English

English meaning

• fritter noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
• tamper verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.
• tinker noun A traveling mender of pots, pans, and other metal household items.

Senses

prutsen is used for these senses in English:

• fritter (intransitive, often with about, around, or away) To squander or waste time, money, or other resources; e.g. occupy oneself idly or without clear purpose, to tinker with an unimportant part of a project, to dally, sometimes as a form of procrastination.
• tamper (intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
• tinker (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

fritter — full definition

1. noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
2. verb To waste time, money, or effort gradually on unimportant things.

tamper — full definition

1. verb To interfere with something in an unauthorized or harmful way.
2. verb To try to influence someone improperly, often illegally.

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