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drat

/dɹæt/

drat verb: to damn or curse.

Verb

drat (third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)

  1. (transitive) To damn or curse.
    • Drat you and your evil schemes!
    • Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.1882, The Japan Daily Mail, page 1129

Interjection

  1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.
    • Drat! I forgot to post these letters.
    Synonyms:
    crap!, damn!, fuck!, goddammit!, shit!

Synonyms of drat

  • crap!
  • damn!
  • fuck!
  • goddammit!
  • shit!

All synonyms of drat

Forms of drat

third-person singular presentdrats
present participledratting
past participledratted
pastdratted

Origin of drat

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Words that rhyme with drat

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Questions about drat

What does drat mean?
Drat means to damn or curse.
What part of speech is drat?
Drat can be a verb or an interjection.
How do you pronounce drat?
Drat is pronounced /dɹæt/.
What is the past tense of drat?
The past tense of drat is dratted.

Words near drat in the dictionary

  1. drastic
  2. drastic times call for drastic measures
  3. drastically
  4. drastick
  5. drastics
  6. drat
  7. dratchell
  8. dratchells
  9. drate
  10. drats
  11. dratted

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