Brat

Quick meaning: Brat is a noun meaning A turbot or flatfish.

Meaning

A turbot or flatfish.

More Meanings

1. (BDSM, intransitive) To act in a bratty manner as the submissive.
2. (neologism) Characteristic of a confident and assertive woman.
3. (informal, chiefly Upper Midwestern US) Bratwurst.
4. (slang, usually negative connotation) A human child.
5. (historical) A rough cloak or ragged garment.
6. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
7. (obsolete) The young of an animal.

Example Sentences

The chief's daughter wears a brat and léine girdled with a criss.

[She] had still on the rough worsted apron of nappy homespun wool, called a "brat".

For the crabby awd dealers in ling, cod, and brats / And the vurgins that tempt us wi' nice maiden skyet.

The prevailing style of dress in the early medieval period comprised a léine (tunic) worn under a brat (cloak).

Word Forms

• brats
• bratting
• bratted

Synonyms for brat

Depending on context, synonyms include bairn, child, chit, fry, juvenile, kid.

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