Complete Definition of "prat"

English

Etymology
The word prat is known to have meant �buttocks� since the 16th century and was originally criminals� slang but is otherwise of unknown origin. The British slang sense of �dolt� or �fool� is recorded from the 1970s.

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-æt|-æt

Noun
en-noun

  1. slang The buttocks.
  2. context|UK|slang A fool.

Translations
trans-top|The buttocks
Finnish: takapuoli
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trans-top|A fool
Finnish: typerys
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Derived terms
pratfall


Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun
prat n

  1. talk

Related terms
prata pos_v

See also
konversation c

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