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单词 prats
释义

prat

noun

ˈprat How to pronounce prat (audio)
British
: a stupid or foolish person

Synonyms

  • airhead
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • bonehead
  • bubblehead
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • clodpoll
  • clodpole
  • clot [British]
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • cretin
  • cuddy [British dialect]
  • cuddie
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb [slang]
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus [slang]
  • dope
  • dork [slang]
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • fathead
  • gander
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • loggerhead [chiefly dialect]
  • loon
  • lump
  • lunkhead
  • meathead
  • mome [archaic]
  • moron
  • mug [chiefly British]
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod [slang]
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit [chiefly British]
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numskull
  • numbskull
  • oaf
  • pinhead
  • ratbag [chiefly Australian]
  • saphead
  • schlub [slang]
  • shlub
  • schnook [slang]
  • simpleton
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
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Example Sentences

He acts like a real prat sometimes. I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats.
Recent Examples on the Web 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 Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats. Dan Neil, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018 So, enter me, a twenty-something who hopes to go from prat to prim over the course of a two-hour lunch, via Meier's social and dining course. Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 15 Dec. 2017 Chris Vettel is a pricelessly clueless but endearingly cheery aristocratic prat as Hope’s fiance Sir Evelyn Oakleigh, and Ali Lane is hysterically agitated as Hope’s frequently hoodwinked mother. Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2017

Word History

Etymology

probably from argot prat buttocks

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

prats

noun

plural of prat, British
as in idiots
a stupid person I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • idiots
  • morons
  • stupids
  • lunatics
  • fools
  • imbeciles
  • losers
  • dummies
  • mutts
  • dullards
  • dolts
  • ignoramuses
  • dimwits
  • blockheads
  • oafs
  • dunderheads
  • dopes
  • cretins
  • dunces
  • ninnies
  • boneheads
  • yahoos
  • numskulls
  • simpletons
  • airheads
  • pinheads
  • jackasses
  • lunkheads
  • knuckleheads
  • numbskulls
  • geese
  • ratbags
  • stupes
  • donkeys
  • nimrods
  • ignorami
  • goons
  • chuckleheads
  • nitwits
  • jerks
  • loons
  • nincompoops
  • dorks
  • hardheads
  • deadheads
  • naturals
  • noddies
  • bubbleheads
  • goofs
  • clowns
  • doofuses
  • schlubs
  • know-nothings
  • ganders
  • meatheads
  • half-wits
  • fatheads
  • loggerheads
  • dodos
  • buffoons
  • thickheads
  • birdbrains
  • hammerheads
  • shlubs
  • dumb clucks
  • nuts
  • lamebrains
  • clucks
  • chowderheads
  • dumbheads
  • golems
  • turkeys
  • stocks
  • lumps
  • villains
  • nits
  • dips
  • dumbbells
  • sapheads
  • noodles
  • clunks
  • schnooks
  • dum-dums
  • cuddies
  • dodoes
  • loonies
  • ninnyhammers
  • dim bulbs
  • dufuses
  • dummkopfs
  • momes
  • woodenheads
  • madmen
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clots
  • zanies
  • skunks
  • skunk
  • boobies
  • boors
  • snakes
  • mugs
  • gawks
  • scatterbrains
  • cads
  • yo-yos
  • beasts
  • creeps
  • curs
  • stinkers
  • churls
  • heels
  • featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • intellectuals
  • brains
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • thinkers
  • intellects
  • sages
  • wizards
  • whizzes
  • polymaths
  • sharpies
  • Renaissance men
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