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Definition of 'brat'English
Etymology 1
Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary , the term "brat" derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment"; probably the same word as (etyl) ).
Noun
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A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.
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Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.
a (w) or flatfish
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A rough cloak or ragged garment
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(obsolete|UK|Scotland|dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
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(obsolete) The young of an animal.
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Synonyms
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Etymology 2
Shortened from bratwurst, from the (etyl) Bratwurst
Etymology 3
Noun
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(mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Etymology 4
Acronym
(military) B.R.A.T. - Born, Raised, And Transferred.
Anagrams
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Similar to 'brat'bruit, beret, brett, buret, brit, brut, bort, boart, boort, brait, birt
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