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pratted around

pratted around is the simple past and past participle of prat around.

Meaning of prat around

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.

Questions about pratted around

What is pratted around the simple past and past participle of?
Pratted around is the simple past and past participle of prat around.

Words near pratted around in the dictionary

  1. Pratt's Bottom
  2. Pratt's sign
  3. Pratt's symptom
  4. Pratte
  5. pratted about
  6. pratted around
  7. Pratteln
  8. prattery
  9. Prattes
  10. prattfall
  11. prattfalls

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