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How to pronounce prat in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush
Type of body part

Examples of prat

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All beginners worry that they'll look like a prat when they first learn to surf.
From the him.uk.msn.com
He can also be a gushing fan boy and, occasionally, a honking heat-seeking prat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Although you might look a prat walking round with a Kinect camera on your head.
From the newscientist.com
Lying is funny rather than hilarious, thought-provoking rather than prat-falling.
From the dispatch.com
That includes putting up with an incongruent, puppy faced prat who woos the mums.
From the guardian.co.uk
An irritating prat turns up and claims the girl slept with him when she was drunk.
From the iwcp.co.uk
Its WIN WIN all the way to being re-elected as the biggest PRAT this side of Mars.
From the express.co.uk
As is my dad who served in the Army and had one to commemorate his friends a prat too?
From the him.uk.msn.com
On this basis, I think I am therefore entitled to declare you to be an ignorant prat.
From the theargus.co.uk
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  • Buttocks: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  • Prato Carnico is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 120 kilometres (75u00A0mi) northwest of Trieste and about 60 kilometres (37u00A0mi) northwest of Udine. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,038 and an area of 81.3 square kilometres (31.4u00A0squ00A0mi).
  • Prats is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Canillo.
  • (The prats) The Prats were an Edinburgh-based punk rock group, active from 1977 to 1981. More recently, their track "General Davis" was featured in the opening credits of Jonathan Demme's 2004 film, The Manchurian Candidate.
  • A fool; The female genitals; cunning, astute
  • Acronym for "Position, Race, And Threats," a guideline for making cube decisions. According to the guideline, a player should double if he has an advantage in two of the three areas. And his opponent should pass if the player who doubled has an advantage in all three areas. See post by Alan Webb.
  • N. A derogatory term for someone stupid or foolish. Originally meant the butt. Equivalent to "ass" (a stupid person) in American English.
  • N. To call somebody a prat is rather similar to calling them an idiot. It's often meant to mean someone's general attitude than concerning one particular incident - "I met my sister's boyfriend the other day and he seems like a complete prat".
  • Backgammon strategy games reference for Position, Race and Threats, whereupon doubling decisions are made.