as in idiot
a stupid person
I need competent people for this job, and all they send me are prats
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Recent Examples of prat
There are big box store flash mobs, horses, prat falls and, of course, lots and lots of screaming.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 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
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
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.
—Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 29 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prat
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Prat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prat. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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