Brat

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bɹat/
• US enPR: brăt, IPA: /bɹæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "brat" derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment"; probably the same word as Old English bratt ("cloak"), which is from a Celtic source (compare Old Irish bratt ("cloak, cloth")).

Full definition of brat

Noun

1. A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.
   Get that little brat away from me!
2. Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.
3. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
4. (obsolete) The young of an animal.

Synonyms

• See also .

Pronunciation

• US enPR: brŏt, IPA: /bɹɑt/
• Rhymes: -É’t

Shortened from bratwurst, from the German Bratwurst

Noun

1. bratwurst

Noun

1. (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Anagrams

• Bart, BART