BRAT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of brat in English bratnoun [ C ]

brat noun [C] (CHILD)

Add to word list Add to word list informal disapproving uk /bræt/ us /bræt/ a child, especially one who behaves badly: Stop it, you're being a brat! My sister is coming over at the weekend with her brats.spoilt brat She's behaving like a spoilt brat. a child

• childWhen I was a child the summers seemed to go on for ever.
• boyThere's a new boy in my class.
• girlThe girl's name is Sally.
• kidI'm off to pick up the kids from school.
• kiddieI saw her with a little kiddie in a pushchair.
• little oneThe little ones must be hungry by now.

See more results » US uk /bræt/ us /bræt/ the child of someone in the armed forces (= the army, navy, etc.): army brat He grew up an army brat, always on the move.military brat She was born as a military brat in Heidelberg, Germany. How would you describe your military childhood and the brat experience?

• When I was younger I was a complete brat.
• She doesn't see why she should listen to other people talking endlessly about their brats.
• She struck him as a typical Hollywood brat - neglected yet indulged, selfish, and forced to grow up too fast.

Children & babies

• ankle-biter
• army brat
• arrival
• babe
• babe in arms
• comfort blanket
• crawler
• designer baby
• devil
• diddums
• new arrival
• nipper
• only child
• oops-a-daisy
• pacifier
• teething ring
• tiddler
• tike
• tiny human
• toddler

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Parents & children

brat noun [C] (SAUSAGE)

US informal uk/brɑːt/ us/brɑːt/ a type of sausage made from pork (= meat from a pig), spices, and herbs. Brat is short for bratwurst : People queued up at the food vendors for a brat with kraut. First, put 5 brats in a pan, then add 2 cans of beer.

• Their brats are now sold at about 4,000 fast food outlets nationwide.
• I eat venison steaks and roasts, but my kids prefer brats and Polish sausage.
• I gulped down a can of beer and devoured a couple of brats.

Sausages, burgers & stuffings

• andouille
• andouillette
• baloney
• barbecue
• beefburger
• cocktail sausage
• corn dog
• corned beef
• croquette
• Cumberland sausage
• knackwurst
• knockwurst
• linguiça
• liver sausage
• loaf
• sausage meat
• saveloy
• slider
• smash burger
• snag

See more results » (Definition of brat from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

brat | American Dictionary

bratnoun [ C ]   infml us /bræt/ Add to word list Add to word list a child who behaves badly or one you do not like: My nephew is a little spoiled brat. (Definition of brat from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of brat

brat The residency variable, therefore, distinguishes between those army brats who have lived in a cer tain dialect region from those who have not lived there. From the Cambridge English Corpus Again, the army brats per formed significantly better than the homebodies overall. From the Cambridge English Corpus This clustering pattern is found in the solutions for the army brats for the first sentence and for both listener groups for the novel sentences. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, the army brats demonstrated better overall per formance on the dialect categorization task than the homebodies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Given that these divisions were made post hoc, the number of army brats in each residency group for each region varied considerably. From the Cambridge English Corpus Data reflect only the responses of the army brat listener group. From the Cambridge English Corpus The difference between the perceptual similarity spaces of the army brats and the homebodies lies in the discriminability of the different dialects. From the Cambridge English Corpus The army brats did not need to have lived in three different states by any specific age to par ticipate. From the Cambridge English Corpus Army brats who had lived in a given region also categorized talkers from that region more accurately than army brats who had not lived there. From the Cambridge English Corpus But they're like spoiled brats. From the Cambridge English Corpus Insinuated the brat wasn't telling the truth. From the Cambridge English Corpus A spoiled child is a brat. From the Cambridge English Corpus Second, specific experience with a given variety also produces effects on speech perception, as demonstrated by the results of the residency comparisons within the army brat group. From the Cambridge English Corpus Some unruly little brats stop a lot of other children getting the education that they deserve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The answer to the brat part of the question is in the affirmative. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of brat?

Translations of brat

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More meanings of brat

• army brat
• spoilt brat
• military brat
• spoiled brat
• spoilt brat, at spoiled brat
• spoiled brat, at spoilt brat

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