brat
A human childA human child.
» You're behaving like a spoiled brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
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12 senses(countable, slang, uncountable)A human child.
A human child.
(countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
a spoiled brat
Get that little brat away from me!
Balg, Göre, Gör
ребёнок, него́дникnegódnik, него́дницаnegódnica
(neologism, slang, uncountable)The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
an army brat
(countable, slang, uncountable)A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
(broadly, countable, derogatory, uncountable)An immature, spoiled and/or selfish person.
(countable, uncountable)A turbot or flatfish.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A rough cloak or ragged garment.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Bratwurst.
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable)A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)The young of an animal.
Examples
66 sentencesYou're behaving like a spoiled brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
You're behaving like a spoilt brat.
Ти поводишся, як зіпсований шибеник. — deniko
Tom's kid is a spoiled brat.
ruУ Тома ребёнок — испорченный ублюдок. — Smoky
Tom and Mary are spoiled brats.
Tom's children are all spoiled brats.
Translations
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Origin
Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots brEarly Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”), in which case it would be a doublet of brachet. 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”)).
Clipping of bratwurst, from German Bratwurst.
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Forms
plural: bratsSynonyms
30 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable