brat

  • 31brat — [16] The origins of brat are not altogether clear, but it has plausibly been connected with the English dialect brat ‘makeshift or ragged garment’, as being the sort of apparel a rough or ill mannered child might wear. This brat first appeared in …

    Word origins

  • 32brat — noun Etymology: perhaps from English dialect brat coarse garment Date: circa 1505 1. a. child; specifically an ill mannered annoying child < a spoiled brat > b. an ill mannered …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 33brat — I Canadian Slang Military Brat someone who has spent their youth being raised by a regular force member, almost always having lived on numerous bases and major cities across the country (if not abroad). II Mawdesley Glossary an apron, a rough&#8230; …

    English dialects glossary

  • 34brat — [[t]bræ̱t[/t]] brats N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone, especially a child, a brat, you mean that he or she behaves badly or annoys you. [INFORMAL] He s a spoilt brat …

    English dictionary

  • 35brat — noun (C) informal a child, especially a badly behaved one: spoilt/spoiled brat: That kid of theirs is a real spoilt brat …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36brat — [[t]bræt[/t]] n. a child, esp. an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child • Etymology: 1495–1505 brat′tish, adj. brat′ty, adj. ti•er, ti•est …

    From formal English to slang

  • 37Brat — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Der Bruder Originaltitel: Брат Produktionsland: Russland Erscheinungsjahr: 1997 Länge: 95 Minuten Originalsprache: Russisch …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 38brat — noun Brat is used before these nouns: ↑pack …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 39Brat — išlaja statusas T sritis radioelektronika atitikmenys: angl. bleed; burr vok. Brat, m; Grat, m rus. заусенец, m; облой, m pranc. bavure, f …

    Radioelektronikos terminų žodynas

  • 40brat —    A derogatory word for a child, expressing contempt or implying that the child concerned is of little or no significance. The word has been in use with this meaning since the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is of obscure origin. It is&#8230; …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address