prat
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of prat
First recorded in 1560–70; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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He said: "Everything seemed to be legit, but I got turned over, I feel a bit of a prat."
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2025
And so I got him Ugg slippers as a prat gift.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
And Conservative MP Tim Loughton said Mr Hancock had been an "absolute prat" and losing the Tory whip was "the least he deserves".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2022
That’s odd that you’d say that when the guy’s a complete prat, that I’m somehow living vicariously through him.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2017
“Jealous of what? He wants to make a prat of himself in front of the whole school, does he?”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
These privileged prats get their comeuppance, sure, but the moral lands with a whimper rather than a bang.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
My job is to write about idiots, imbeciles, ne’er-do-wells and prats.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2016
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