Definition of BRAT

brat

Meanings

Plural: brats

Noun

  • a very troublesome child
  • a small pork sausage
  • A human child.
  • A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
  • A human child.
  • The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
  • A human child.
  • A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
  • A human child.
  • A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
  • A human child.
  • A turbot or flatfish.
  • A rough cloak or ragged garment.
  • A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  • The young of an animal.
  • Bratwurst.
  • A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Verb

  • To act in a bratty manner as the submissive.

Adj

  • Characteristic of a confident and assertive woman.

Origin / Etymology

Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”). Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat.

Synonyms

bairn, bitchling, brat, bratwurst, child, chit, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fry, fuck trophy, fucklet, holy terror, hump dumpling, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, little terror, mini-me, minor, moppet, munchkin, nipper, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, slip, small fry, sperm blossom, sperm bubbles, sperm buttercup, sprog, sprout, tart, terence, terror, tot, tyke, young'un, youngling, youngster, youth

Scrabble Score: 6

brat is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brat is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brat is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

brat is a valid Words With Friends word