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prat around

prat around verb: to behave foolishly.

Verb

prat around (third-person singular simple present prats around, present participle pratting around, simple past and past participle pratted around)

  1. (Ireland, UK, informal, intransitive) To behave foolishly.

Forms of prat around

third-person singular presentprats around
present participlepratting around
past participlepratted around
pastpratted around

Questions about prat around

What does prat around mean?
Prat around means to behave foolishly.
What part of speech is prat around?
Prat around is a verb.
What is the past tense of prat around?
The past tense of prat around is pratted around.

Words near prat around in the dictionary

  1. prasugrel
  2. Prasuni
  3. Prasuti
  4. prat
  5. prat about
  6. prat around
  7. prat boy
  8. prat boys
  9. prat digger
  10. prat diggers
  11. Prat-Bonrepaux

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