Prat Definition

prăt
noun
The buttocks.
Webster's New World
A person who is incompetent and stupid.
American Heritage

(now Scotland) A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke. [from 10th c.]

Wiktionary

(slang) A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom. [from 16th c.]

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(UK, slang) A fool. [from 20th c.]

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adjective

(obsolete) Cunning, astute. [13th-17th c.]

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Other Word Forms of Prat

Noun

Singular:
prat
Plural:
prats

Origin of Prat

  • From Middle English prat, from Old English præt, prætt (“trick, prank, craft, art, wile"), from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit"), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander about"). Cognate with Eastern Frisian prat, Dutch pret (“fun, pleasure, gaity"), obsolete Dutch prat (“cunning, strategem, scheme, a prideful display, arrogance"), Low German prot, Norwegian prette (“trick"), Icelandic prettur (“a trick"). Related to pretty.

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  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Origin unknown.

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