Prat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pɹat/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prat is a noun meaning (now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
Meaning
(now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.
More Meanings
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person.
- (obsolete) Cunning, astute.
- (slang) A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
- (slang) The female genitals.
Example Sentences
Pratt, a Buttock.
Those protestors will have achieved nothing good. They are stupid prats.
No gentry mort hath prats like thine, / No cove e'er wap'd with such a one.
Mungo didn't like their attitude. Nor did he like exposing his prat in mixed company.
Word Forms
- prats
- pratt
Synonyms for prat
Depending on context, synonyms include stern, butt, ass, bottom, tail, arse.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stern, arse, keister, butt, can, rear.
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