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prat - What does it mean?

Definition of 'prat'

English

Alternative forms

* pratt

Etymology 1

From (etyl) prat, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(en-noun)
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Cunning, astute.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown. Perhaps a specialised note of Etymology 1 (see above).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
  • *Thomas Dekker , 1608 , The Canters Dictionarie'' in ''The Belman of London'' (second part ''Lanthorne and Candlelight )
  • *:Pratt , a Buttock.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 5:
  • *:Mungo didn't like their attitude. Nor did he like exposing his prat in mixed company.
  • (UK|slang) A fool.
  • (slang) The female genitals.
  • *1967 (sourced to 1942), William A. Schwartz, The Limerick: 1700 Examples with Notes, Variants and Examples Vol 1, Greenleaf Classics 1967, p. 124:
  • *:"She's a far better piece
    Than the Viceroy's niece,
    Who has also more fur on her prat."
  • *1984 John Murray, ed, Panurge , Vol 1–3, p. 39:
  • *:"...they would kidnap a girl and take her back to their camp where they would pull down her knickers, hoping to find hairs on her prat."
  • *2005 Sherrie Seibert Goff, The Arms of Quirinus , iUniverse 2005, p. 135:
  • *:"My prat was sore from the unfamiliar activities of the night before, but my virgin bleeding had ceased, and we rode most of the day in that unworldly haze that comes with lack of sleep."
    • Synonyms
    * See also * See also
    Derived terms
    * pratfall * prat about * prattery (rare) * prattish (rare)

    Anagrams

    * part * rapt * tarp * trap

    References

    * pratt'', in Sex-Lexis.com by Farlex. ----

    Similar to 'prat'

    port, pert, part, pratt, peart, peert, proot