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brat /ˈbræt/ noun

plural brats

plural brats

Britannica Dictionary definition of BRAT

[count] informal

1

disapproving : a child who behaves very badly : an annoying child

• a bunch of ill-mannered little brats
• He is a spoiled brat.

2

US : the child of a person whose career is in the army, navy, etc.

• I was an army/navy/military brat.

also : the child of a person whose career is in a specified field

• His children are typical Hollywood brats.

— bratty

/ˈbræti/ adjective brattier; brattiest

• a bratty child

— brattiness

noun [noncount]

a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation).

Origin of brat

1

First recorded in 1500–20; perhaps transferred use of Middle English brat “cloak of coarse cloth, rag,” Old English bratt “cloak,” from Celtic; compare Irish brat “mantle, cloak”

word story For brat

Dr. Johnson never minced words: in his Dictionary (1755) he defines brat as “A child, so called in contempt.” A few years earlier, in 1750, in one of his articles for the Rambler, No. 15, Dr. Johnson writes, “The children are out at nurse in villages as cheap as any two little brats can be kept, nor have I ever seen them since; so he has no trouble about them.” Brat was and still is not always used in contempt, but at the time, the word usually implied insignificance or poverty, as in beggar’s brat. Brat probably comes from a Celtic language: in Irish, bratt means “a cloak, a cloth (especially as a covering for one’s body)”; in Welsh, brethyn means “cloth.” In Old English, bratt “cloak” is used in the Lindisfarne Gospels dating to the early 8th century, composed on Lindisfarne, an island off the east coast of Northumberland. Chaucer uses brat “a cloak of cloth” in The Canterbury Tales (after 1394). In British dialects of the Midlands and North, brat means “a woman’s or child’s apron, pinafore.” The American military slang term army brat, “the son or daughter of a career officer or enlisted person,” dates to the early 1930s. Brat pack, “a successful, highly confident, and often close-knit group of famous young people, especially actors,” dates to the mid-1980s.

Other words from brat

• brattish, adjective

Words Nearby brat

• brass ring
• brass-rubbing
• brass tacks
• brassware
• brassy
• brat
• Bratislava
• brat pack
• Bratsk
• Brattain
• brattice

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How to use brat in a sentence

• Swissmar’s grill has eight trays and a nonstick top for preparing additional fixings like vegetables or brats right at the table.
• She was born in Ukraine and said in a 2019 interview with American Cinematographer that she was an “army brat” who grew up on an Arctic military base.
• Silver Spring’s Silver Branch brewery, which specializes in old-world beers, takes Oktoberfest to a different level with 12 days of competitions, polka music, pretzels, brats and, of course, Oktoberfest beers, beginning Thursday.
• They decided it was time for their Americanized brats to get some Krampus in their lives.
• Its 200-square-inch cook surface is plenty for the two of us, and its 12,000-BTU double burner was enough to cook a few brats, zucchini, and corn.
• Poor Stone, like most of us, forced to share a stage with this unpredictable, spoiled brat, looked uncomfortable.
• McCarthy replaced Eric Cantor, who stepped down after losing his primary last month to anti-immigration candidate Dave brat.
• The contemporary Luz James, a military brat, lives with her sergeant mother.
• He ran the same kind of campaign against brat that he ran a dozen years earlier against Jones, relying on negative ads and mail.
• brat was dramatically outraised and outspent by the House majority leader.
• If less was accomplished in a day than usual, she would often exclaim, "That brat takes up too much of your time."
• The proper sourness is indicated by the formation of a stiff brat upon the surface which has become uneven.
• “Never saw I such a brat among all I have brought into the world,” old Posset quavered.
• “Sir Jeoffry missed his mark when he called her an ugly brat,” said the woman who had nursed her.
• Unless, I am very much mistaken you liked the girl yourself till the brat came along and wiped your eye. Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg

British Dictionary definitions for brat (1 of 2)

noun

1. a child, esp one who is ill-mannered or unruly: used contemptuously or playfully

Origin of brat

1

C16: perhaps special use of earlier brat rag, from Old English bratt cloak, of Celtic origin; related to Old Irish bratt cloth, brat ²

British Dictionary definitions for brat (2 of 2)

noun

1. Northern English dialect an apron or overall

Origin of brat

2

from Old English brat cloak; related to Old Irish bratt cloth used to cover the body

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