Definitions for brat
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. terror, brat, little terror, holy terrornoun

   a very troublesome child

2. bratwurst, bratnoun

   a small pork sausage

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. bratnoun

   A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

2. Etymology: Shortened from bratwurst, from the Bratwurst

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bratnoun

   Etymology: Its etymology is uncertain; bratt, in Saxon, signifies a blanket; from which, perhaps, the modern signification may have come.

   1. A child, so called in contempt.

   He leads them like a thing
   Made by some other deity than nature,
   That shapes man better; and they follow him,
   Against us brats, with no less confidence,
   Than boys pursuing summer butterflies. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   This brat is none of mine:
   Hence with it, and, together with the dame,
   Commit them to the fire. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   The friends, that got the brats, were poison’d too;
   In this sad case what could our vermin do? Wentworth Dillon.

   Jupiter summoned all the birds and beasts before him, with their brats and little ones, to see which of them had the prettiest children. Roger L'Estrange.

   I shall live to see the invisible lady, to whom I was obliged, and whom I never beheld, since she was a brat in hanging-sleeves. Jonathan Swift.

   I give command to kill or save,
   Can grant ten thousand pounds a year,
   And make a beggar’s brat a peer. Jonathan Swift.

   2. The progeny; the offspring.

   The two late conspiracies were the brats and offspring of two contrary factions. South.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brat

   A brat is typically described as a child who is poorly behaved, spoiled, or disrespectful. The term is often considered derogatory or negative, suggesting a lack of discipline or respect for others. The term may also refer to a specific type of sausage, known as a bratwurst.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bratnoun

   a coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general

2. Bratnoun

   a coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib

3. Bratnoun

   a child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense

4. Bratnoun

   the young of an animal

5. Bratnoun

   a thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brat

   brat, n. a contemptuous name for a child, as in 'beggar's brat:' any over-garment of coarse cloth, a child's pinafore, an apron.—n. Brat′chet, a little brat—better Brat′ling. [A.S. bratt; of Celtic origin, Old Ir. brat, a plaid, Gael. brat, an apron.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brat

   A northern name for a turbot.

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1. BRAT

   What does BRAT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BRAT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Pork Sausage

Anagrams for brat »

1. bart

How to pronounce brat?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brat in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of brat in a Sentence

1. Getty Images:

   I was in complete shock when that Brat Pack thing came out, i was extremely naive on some of those interviews – and actually came off as a little bit stupid. I did n’t see it coming.

2. Bennie Thompson:

   If you take your issue to court and lose, then you need to man up and deal with it and not be a spoiled brat, so I look forward to getting this information.

3. John McDonnell:

   He may well be in contempt of parliament or the courts themselves because he's clearly trying to undermine the first letter, and not signing the letter, he's behaving a bit like a spoiled brat, parliament made a decision, he should abide by it.

4. Donald Trump:

   He looks like a spoiled brat to me. You want to know the truth? He looks like a spoiled brat.

5. Rand Paul:

   Truly weird Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky reminds me of a spoiled brat without a properly functioning brain. He was terrible at DEBATE! i've worked from a young age, my kids all work, and we're proud of them for working minimum wage jobs, delivering pizzas, working in a pizza place, working in a call center, all my boys work and they've worked and we're proud of them for working.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Brat
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brat
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brat
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=brat
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=brat