Fritter

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. To cut, as meat, into small pieces, for frying.
3. To break into small pieces or fragments.
4. A fragment; a shred; a small piece.