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noun bratbræt derogatory, humorous A child, typically one that is badly behaved. she's been acting like a spoiled brat all evening presumably this is where people dump their brats so they can shop in relative peace Example sentencesExamples - But what is harder to condone than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.
- He managed this because everybody wanted to wear what he designed, in much the same way as spoilt brats want certain toys for Christmas.
- I wondered if my sister actually enjoyed being such a cliché of a teenage brat.
- The spoilt brats born in the 1950s have lived a charmed life.
- You could have an overbearing brat on your hands and it would not be the child's fault.
- You can find all sorts of colourful books for your brats here.
- It was like watching two spoiled brats fight, where they got everything anyone could ask for in this world.
- She can be a sweet little thing, but she can also be a real brat, like most kids in this building are.
- Several had already spawned horrid brats, who they brought with them to meet their new mommy.
- We should not forget that making our kids spoilt brats is not true love.
- What happens when you trap four spoiled brats from a posh British boarding school in an abandoned bunker for 18 days?
- Our team is comprised of spoiled brats who make more in a week than most of us do in a year - more in a day than a lot of people in the world make in a lifetime.
- The fact that the noisy little brats outside are driving me to distraction doesn't help!
- I've helped bring up the brats children of friends etc., although obviously that's no real comparison with the real thing.
- Lydia wasn't about to suffer this indignity at the hands of an upstart brat of a girl.
- And when they are shown they are either precocious brats or philosophy-spouting saints.
- He behaved like a spoiled brat, his power unchecked and uncontrolled.
- He wasn't in the least handsome, but seemed the figure of manhood to some of the younger palace brats.
- They will boycott classes and become violent at the flimsiest of excuses and generally behave like spoilt brats.
- But the all-out award for nauseating singing has to go to the demonic brats who attend England Schoolboy matches.
Synonyms badly behaved child, spoilt child rascal, wretch, imp, whippersnapper minx, chit informal monster, horror North American informal hellion archaic jackanapes
Derivatives adjective ˈbratɪʃˈbrædɪʃ derogatory (of a child) badly behaved. a school full of spoilt, brattish kids Example sentencesExamples - It might seem brattish to some, but I was young, in London and ready to party.
- The 25-year-old has revitalised a team that was beginning to show its age, and with this a certain jaundice, before the breathtaking pace and ability that are wrapped up in his bold and brattish approach began to be felt.
- ‘I was a very brattish child who needed something to do,’ he says.
noun derogatory All those years of brattishness are finally showing up on your face. Example sentencesExamples - All too often, John serves up a kind of tantrummy brattishness, laced with a considerable dollop of self-pity.
- She is especially vigilant for the first signs of the brattishness that sometimes afflicts children.
Origin Mid 16th century: perhaps an abbreviation of synonymous Scots bratchet, from Old French brachet 'hound, bitch'; or perhaps from dialect brat 'rough garment, rag', based on Old Irish bratt 'cloak'. Rhymes at, bat, cat, chat, cravat, drat, expat, fat, flat, frat, gat, gnat, hat, hereat, high-hat, howzat, lat, mat, matt, matte, Montserrat, Nat, outsat, pat, pit-a-pat, plait, plat, prat, Rabat, rat, rat-tat, Sadat, sat, scat, Sebat, shabbat, shat, skat, slat, spat, splat, sprat, stat, Surat, tat, that, thereat, tit-for-tat, vat, whereat noun bratbrɑt US informal A bratwurst sausage. burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it Example sentencesExamples - It's not going to be all burgers and brats.
- I had originally wanted to have brats, so I made those yesterday.
- Parked on the shoulder of the highway, a family from Portland wheels out a propane grill and sells burgers, brats, and candy bars.
- Dennis Martin and his pals were eating brats, but they were carefully evaluating their readiness for the upcoming season.
- This is no simple light wine, but a dry rosato with real depth and complexity and it is my top choice this summer for burgers, brats and picnic foods.
- I took some pictures, grilled some brats, drank some beer and went to sleep.
- Load up that fat-free brat with sauerkraut and have a side of slaw - just go easy on the mayo.
- The food was good, with options such as a foot-long brat and some ultimate nachos that will knock your socks off.
- This is a fun flick to watch with your favorite Oktoberfest beer and a brat.
- The brats and cheese never tasted so good in Wisconsin as the day those MRI results came back.
- So, while you and your hipster pals pass the summer sipping margaritas on the patio of your favorite watering hole, I'll spend the next four months constantly reapplying insect repellent and consuming dangerous amounts of DEET whenever I try to grill a couple of brats on the back porch.
- During this three day weekend, over the course of three cookouts, I consumed no less than eight hot dogs\\brats, six burgers, and one 22 oz. T-bone.
- When my wife and I visit friends outside Chicago, they always take us to this riverside restaurant, The Oar House, so that I can chow on brats and quaff Old Style beer.
- Because I used to work the brat stand at the Memorial Union terrace, and spent summers burning the hair off my arms and knuckles and smelling of pork and beer.
- A short-order cafeteria at the base serves burgers, brats, and fries; on weekends look for the open-air barbecue at the base of Marge's Triple.
- This is Wisconsin's gun deer season, a tradition as engrained in this rugged state's identity as beer, brats, and cheese.
- For the brats, either throw them on the grill or fry them in a pan ahead of time.
- The brat ($3) came smothered in peppers and onions that were cooked but not mushy.
- They come from far and wide (and from right across the street) to park their cars, batter their brats and chug their beer.
- Anyway, I've got to go guys, I've got some Johnsonville brats that I need to cook up.
nounbrætbrat humorous, derogatory A child, typically a badly behaved one. she's been acting like a spoiled brat all evening presumably this is where people dump their brats so they can shop in relative peace Example sentencesExamples - She can be a sweet little thing, but she can also be a real brat, like most kids in this building are.
- They will boycott classes and become violent at the flimsiest of excuses and generally behave like spoilt brats.
- The fact that the noisy little brats outside are driving me to distraction doesn't help!
- Lydia wasn't about to suffer this indignity at the hands of an upstart brat of a girl.
- But what is harder to condone than the folly of youth is the sight of the game's senior figures acting like petulant, paranoid brats.
- He managed this because everybody wanted to wear what he designed, in much the same way as spoilt brats want certain toys for Christmas.
- You could have an overbearing brat on your hands and it would not be the child's fault.
- I've helped bring up the brats children of friends etc., although obviously that's no real comparison with the real thing.
- It was like watching two spoiled brats fight, where they got everything anyone could ask for in this world.
- The spoilt brats born in the 1950s have lived a charmed life.
- Our team is comprised of spoiled brats who make more in a week than most of us do in a year - more in a day than a lot of people in the world make in a lifetime.
- We should not forget that making our kids spoilt brats is not true love.
- He wasn't in the least handsome, but seemed the figure of manhood to some of the younger palace brats.
- Several had already spawned horrid brats, who they brought with them to meet their new mommy.
- What happens when you trap four spoiled brats from a posh British boarding school in an abandoned bunker for 18 days?
- I wondered if my sister actually enjoyed being such a cliché of a teenage brat.
- You can find all sorts of colourful books for your brats here.
- He behaved like a spoiled brat, his power unchecked and uncontrolled.
- But the all-out award for nauseating singing has to go to the demonic brats who attend England Schoolboy matches.
- And when they are shown they are either precocious brats or philosophy-spouting saints.
Synonyms badly behaved child, spoilt child
Origin Mid 16th century: perhaps an abbreviation of synonymous Scots bratchet, from Old French brachet ‘hound, bitch’; or perhaps from dialect brat ‘rough garment, rag’, based on Old Irish bratt ‘cloak’. nounbrɑtbrät US informal A bratwurst sausage. burgers, fries, ribs, brats, potato salad, pies—you name it this spread had it Example sentencesExamples - The brat ($3) came smothered in peppers and onions that were cooked but not mushy.
- For the brats, either throw them on the grill or fry them in a pan ahead of time.
- Anyway, I've got to go guys, I've got some Johnsonville brats that I need to cook up.
- It's not going to be all burgers and brats.
- I took some pictures, grilled some brats, drank some beer and went to sleep.
- They come from far and wide (and from right across the street) to park their cars, batter their brats and chug their beer.
- Because I used to work the brat stand at the Memorial Union terrace, and spent summers burning the hair off my arms and knuckles and smelling of pork and beer.
- A short-order cafeteria at the base serves burgers, brats, and fries; on weekends look for the open-air barbecue at the base of Marge's Triple.
- This is no simple light wine, but a dry rosato with real depth and complexity and it is my top choice this summer for burgers, brats and picnic foods.
- Dennis Martin and his pals were eating brats, but they were carefully evaluating their readiness for the upcoming season.
- During this three day weekend, over the course of three cookouts, I consumed no less than eight hot dogs\\brats, six burgers, and one 22 oz. T-bone.
- I had originally wanted to have brats, so I made those yesterday.
- So, while you and your hipster pals pass the summer sipping margaritas on the patio of your favorite watering hole, I'll spend the next four months constantly reapplying insect repellent and consuming dangerous amounts of DEET whenever I try to grill a couple of brats on the back porch.
- Load up that fat-free brat with sauerkraut and have a side of slaw - just go easy on the mayo.
- Parked on the shoulder of the highway, a family from Portland wheels out a propane grill and sells burgers, brats, and candy bars.
- When my wife and I visit friends outside Chicago, they always take us to this riverside restaurant, The Oar House, so that I can chow on brats and quaff Old Style beer.
- The food was good, with options such as a foot-long brat and some ultimate nachos that will knock your socks off.
- This is a fun flick to watch with your favorite Oktoberfest beer and a brat.
- This is Wisconsin's gun deer season, a tradition as engrained in this rugged state's identity as beer, brats, and cheese.
- The brats and cheese never tasted so good in Wisconsin as the day those MRI results came back.
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