prötteln — meaning in English
German → English · translate English → German instead
English meaning
- fritter noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
Senses
prötteln is used for these senses in English:
- fettle (intransitive) To make preparations; to put things in order; to do trifling business.
- 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.
fritter — full definition
- noun A piece of food, often fruit or vegetable, coated in batter and deep-fried.
- verb To waste time, money, or effort gradually on unimportant things.