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prat.

A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹat/UK

  1. A cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English prat, from Old English præt, prætt (“trick, prank, craft, art, wile”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander about”). Cognate with Saterland 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.

adj/pɹat/UK

  1. Cunning, astute.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English prat, from Old English præt, prætt (“trick, prank, craft, art, wile”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattu, from Proto-Germanic *prattuz (“boastful talk, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *brodno- (“to wander about”). Cognate with Saterland 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.

noun/pɹat/UK

  1. A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.

    slang

  2. A fool, contemptible person.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · slang

  3. The female genitals.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps a specialised use of Etymology 1 (see above).

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