Definition of prat
British
: a stupid or foolish person
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Examples of prat in a Sentence
He acts like a real prat sometimes.
I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats.
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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.
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Capable of softening for Lady Mary and his new bride, but has spent most of the past season being a prat.
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Origin and Etymology of prat
probably from argot prat buttocks
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