BRAT


Meaning of BRAT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbrat ]

noun

Etymology: perhaps from English dialect brat coarse garment

Date: circa 1505

1.

a. : child ; specifically : an ill-mannered annoying child

a spoiled brat

b. : an ill-mannered immature person

2. : the child of a career military person

army brat s

also : the child of a person whose career is in a specified and typically unusual field

Hollywood brat s

• brat·ti·ness ˈbra-tē-nəs noun

• brat·tish ˈbra-tish adjective

• brat·ty -tē adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.