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brat

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brat 1  (brt)
n.
1. A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
2. A child of a career military person.

[Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.]

brattish adj.
brattish·ness n.

brat 2  (brt)
n.
Bratwurst.

brat
Noun
a child, esp. one who is unruly [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bratbrat - a very troublesome child            
scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous
2.bratbrat - a small pork sausage                
pork sausage - sausage containing pork

brat
noun youngster, kid (informal) urchin, imp, rascal, spoilt child, devil, puppy (informal) cub, scallywag (informal) whippersnapper, guttersnipe
Translations
brat [bræt] n (pej) → mocoso/a

brat [bræt] n (pej) → mioche m/f, môme m/f

brat [bræt] (pej) nBalg m or nt, Gör nt

brat [bræt] n (pej) → marmocchio, monello/a

brat
n brat [brat]
a child, especially one who behaves badly. rakker, snuiter, bedorwe brokkie ولد مزعج разглезено дете spratek møgunge der Bengel, die Göre παιδί (συν. κακομαθημένο), κουτσούβελο, παλιόπαιδο mocoso, crío kasvatamatu jõmpsikas بچۀ بی ادب garnement פִּרחָח छोकरा, शरारती बालक derište kölyök anak nakal monello (わる)がき(子供) vaikigalis knēvelis anak nakal vervelend kind uskikkelig unge bachor, nicpoń отродье fagan, nespratník otročaj derište skitunge, snorunge คนเลว şımarık çocuk, velet 乳臭未干的小孩, 小子 шибеник چھوکرا ، نا سمجھ بچہ đứa bé hỗn xược 小孩,


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Her orders were indeed so liberal, that, had it been a child of her own, she could not have exceeded them; but, lest the virtuous reader may condemn her for showing too great regard to a base-born infant, to which all charity is condemned by law as irreligious, we think proper to observe that she concluded the whole with saying, "Since it was her brother's whim to adopt the little brat, she supposed little master must be treated with great tenderness.
The language of the eye, superseding on this occasion the language of the tongue, plainly revealed the impression that I had produced on her: "You bring my lost brat home in a cab
Consider, brat, that I am an old woman and not altogether a fool.
 
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