prat

noun

ˈprat How to pronounce prat (audio)
Definition of pratnext
British
as in idiot
a stupid person I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats

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Recent Examples of prat As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush. — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022 At times Javed’s insistence on reciting lyrics to other people becomes irritating (his girlfriend, a white anti-Thatcher campaigner who did not feature in the book, tells him off for being a prat). — J.t., The Economist, 15 Aug. 2019

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“Prat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prat. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

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