Definition of BRAT

brat

Plural: brats

Noun

  • A rude, mischievous, or spoiled child.
  • a very troublesome child
  • a small pork sausage
  • A human child.
  • 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 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.

Examples

  • a spoiled brat
  • an army brat
  • Get that little brat away from me!
  • He behaved like a BRAT after I blocked his seven-letter word on Words With Friends.

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

bratwurst, holy terror, little terror, terror, bairn, bitchling, brat, 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, hump dumpling, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, mini-me, minor, moppet, munchkin, nipper, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, slip, small fry, sperm blossom, sperm bubbles, sperm buttercup, sprog, sprout, tart, terence, tot, tyke, young'un, youngling, youngster, youth

Scrabble Score: 6

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

Words With Friends Score: 7

brat: valid Words With Friends Word