prat

prat

1. slang An irritating, incompetent, ineffectual fool. Primarily heard in UK. That prat wouldn't know how to change a tyre if his life depended on it. A: "And then he said that he wouldn't move in unless she stayed home and cooked for him." B: "What an absolute prat."

2. slang The buttocks. I gave him a right old kick in the prat.

3. vulgar slang A vagina. I hate going to the gynecologist and having some stranger look at my prat.

pratfall

1. slang A fall on one's buttocks, especially as an element of a comedy routine. "Prat" is a slang term for the buttocks. It's striving to be like the vaudeville acts of yesteryear, so expect plenty of corny jokes, pies in faces, and pratfalls from beginning to end.

2. slang By extension, any error, mistake, failure, etc., especially one that is humiliating in some way. Despite the many pratfalls in her election campaign, she still managed to pull ahead at the last moment and secure a victory. This is just the latest in a series of pratfalls that have served to undermine the company's credibility.

pratt

1. slang An irritating, incompetent, ineffectual fool. Primarily heard in UK. That pratt wouldn't know how to change a tyre if his life depended on it. A: "And then he said that he wouldn't move in unless she stayed home and cooked for him." B: "What an absolute pratt."

2. slang The buttocks. I gave him a right old kick in the pratt.

3. vulgar slang A vagina. I hate going to the gynecologist and having some stranger look at my pratt.

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pratfall

n. a fall on the buttocks; a fall on the buttocks done as part of a comedy act. If you want to be in musical comedy, you should learn to take a pratfall.

prat(t)

n. the buttocks. Get out before I kick you in the pratt.

prat

verb

See pratt

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