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adj
Characteristic of a confident and assertive woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism
Qualifier: briefly popular in 2024; otherwise rare; briefly popular in 2024; otherwise rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A human child.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: usually negative connotation
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A human child.
A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: usually negative connotation
Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A human child.
The qualities possessed by a confident and assertive woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: neologism, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: usually negative connotation
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A human child.
A child (at any age) of an active member of the military or the diplomatic service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: usually negative connotation
Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A human child.
A submissive partner who is disobedient and unruly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: usually negative connotation
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bairn, brat, child, chit, crumb cruncher, crumb crusher, crumb grinder, crumb snatcher, fry, juvenile, kid, kiddie, little one, minor, mini-me, moppet, munchkin, nipper, slip, small fry, sprog, sproglet, sprout, tart, tot, tyke, youngling, youngster, young'un, youth, crib lizard, crotch critter, crotch dropping, crotch fruit, crotch goblin, crotch monkey, crotchling, cum cheese, cum pet, cunt dropping, fucklet, fuck trophy, hump dumpling, pet sperm, semen demon, shitling, sperm blossom, sperm buttercup, sperm bubbles, bitchling, terence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A turbot or flatfish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A rough cloak or ragged garment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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noun
A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The young of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Bratwurst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Acronym of bananas, rice, apple sauce, toast, the basis of a diet formerly recommended for an upset stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Acronym of Bradley reactive armor tile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To act in a bratty manner as the submissive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a small pork sausage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: bratwurst
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pork sausage
noun
a very troublesome child
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: terror, little terror, holy terror
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag
History
Early Modern English (c. 1500) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Possibly from Scots bratchet (“bitch, hound”), in which case it would be a doublet of brachet. Another possibility is that it was originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment," from Old English bratt (“cloak”), which is from a Celtic source (Old Irish brat (“cloak, cloth”)). In the sense "characteristic of a confident and assertive woman", coined by English singer and songwriter Charli XCX in her 2024 album Brat, though occasional earlier uses of the word with a "reclaimed" or ironic, positive connotation existed, including in LGBTQ slang for people of certain femme or feminine-leaning personalities.
Clipping of bratwurst, from German Bratwurst.
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