Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A child, especially a spoiled or ill-mannered one.
- n. A child of a career military person.
- n. Bratwurst.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A coarse mantle or cloak.
- n. A child's bib or apron.
- n. A clout; a rag.
- n. The film on the surface of some liquids, as on boiled milk when cold.
- n. A child: now used only in contempt: as, “this brat is none of mine,”
- n. “their dirty brats,”
- n. A local English name of the turbot.
Wiktionary
- n. A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.
- n. Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.
- n. bratwurst
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general.
- n. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
- n. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense.
- n. The young of an animal.
- n. A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a small pork sausage
- n. a very troublesome child
Etymologies
- Possibly from brat, coarse garment, from Middle English, from Old English bratt, of Celtic origin.
Examples
“The word brat was her farthest venture into profanity, and she resorted to it often.”
“Plus, it did give us Jubilee, and I've always had a soft spot for that brat and I use the term brat with affection.”
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“The brat is having a temper and claims he is the victim.”
“Sorry, Blair acting like a brat is NOT a storyline.”
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“The Wisconsin brat tub combines two local faves: Brats & beer.”
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“The Wisconsin brat tub combines two local faves: Brats beer.”
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“I think the real reason Shyamalan made a bad movie is because the little rich, snot-nosed brat from the suburbs has finally run out of ideas ...”
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“YOUNGER BROTHER: “This is where the word brat came flew from.””
“Your report on how much the illegal brat is hated in the Americas and how much Clinton was loved was all you needed to say.”
“Sarah Bird's world, viewed through the eyes and memories of a sassy Air Force brat, is our world tender, hurtful, complex, unexplained.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘brat’.
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Jeeves and Wooster - Wooster
"Woosterisms" as heard from the character " Wooster" in P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster" stories.
shamble down the ..., in clogs and clot..., soft hat, hideous death, cruel streak, pitch the woo, with knobs on, Well, well, well!, snake-in-the-gras..., toothsome filly, tinkerty-tonk, uncouth Cossack and 61 more...
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Dramatic Nouns
Nouns to be used as descriptions while writing stories
night owl, early bird, hedonist, ascetic, derelict, explorer, radical, pity friend, cupid, truant, caretaker, guardian and 120 more...
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Rats
rats, rat, tree-rat, pilori-rat, prorate, pro rata, Ratso Rizzo, ratfink, rat pack, Rat Pack, Rats!, rat race and 157 more...
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Words banned in the Irish parliament
According to the Irish Times, the Irish Independent, and other media, these words have been deemed "unparliamentary."
brat, buffoon, chancer, communist, corner boy, coward, fascist, gurrier, guttersnipe, rat, scumbag, scurrilous and 3 more...

hernesheir Cf. definitions of bratchet. One wonders if that word figures in the uncertain etymology of brat. Jan 4, 2012
tbtabby Means "brother" in Russian. Jul 13, 2009