prat

noun

British
: a stupid or foolish person

Examples of prat in a Sentence

He acts like a real prat sometimes. I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats.
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As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat. Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022 At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat). J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019 Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats. Dan Neil, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018 Ut pratin utpate modiatumsan henit wisl ulla faccum num autpationum vel doloreetue minci tatet ute dipisci elis aut prat. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018 Pit, si et aut ver sit venisl utpatin heniat dolobore dio odolor ad et eumsandigna commy num veratem quam, secte dolore corper accummy nullummod dolesto et prat, quat adignibh esectet praesequisi. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018 Pit, si et aut ver sit venisl utpatin heniat dolobore dio odolor ad et eumsandigna commy num veratem quam, secte dolore corper accummy nullummod dolesto et prat, quat adignibh esectet praesequisi. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018 Ut pratin utpate modiatumsan henit wisl ulla faccum num autpationum vel doloreetue minci tatet ute dipisci elis aut prat. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 26 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

probably from argot prat buttocks

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prat was in 1955

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“Prat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prat. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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