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prannet

prannet noun: a stupid person; a prat.

Noun

prannet (plural prannets)

  1. (informal) A stupid person; a prat.
    • He tried to dry his phone in the toaster. What a prannet!
    • I'd rendezvous with Janet
      Quite near the Isle of Thanet
      She looked more like a gannet
      She wasn't 'alf a prannet1977, Ian Dury, “Billericay Dickie”

Examples of prannet in a sentence

  • Robbi Millar in Sounds says it's, "... utterly tasty. […] maybe even those dull prannets down at the Beeb will see some good in it."1997 October 15, George Gimarc, Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 249:
  • Anyways, this prannet goes in, trudges all the way up three flights of pokertunity.2012 October 16, Will Self, The Sweet Smell of Psychosis: A Novella, Grove/Atlantic, Inc., →ISBN:

Forms of prannet

pluralprannets

Origin of prannet

See pranny.

Questions about prannet

What does prannet mean?
Prannet means a stupid person; a prat.
How do you use prannet in a sentence?
Robbi Millar in Sounds says it's, "... utterly tasty. […] maybe even those dull prannets down at the Beeb will see some good in it."
What part of speech is prannet?
Prannet is a noun.
What is the plural of prannet?
The plural of prannet is prannets.

Words near prannet in the dictionary

  1. prankstress
  2. prankstresses
  3. prankt
  4. pranky
  5. pranlukast
  6. prannet
  7. prannets
  8. prannies
  9. prannit
  10. prannits
  11. pranny

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