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
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).
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J.t.,
The Economist,
15 Aug. 2019
Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats.
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Dan Neil,
WSJ,
14 Sep. 2018
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.
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Danielle Fox,
ELLE Decor,
15 Dec. 2017
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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
Maybe at a Ferrari Club meeting with all the other prats in hats.
—
Dan Neil,
WSJ,
14 Sep. 2018
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
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“Prat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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