raasclaat
/ˈɹɑːs.klɑːt/
raasclaat interjection: used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
Interjection
- Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
- Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men.
Brother Kiyi: Rasclaat!
Alice: No, not rasclaat or however you pronounce it—the contest for humanity in the poem is...2004 December 16, Kwame Kewi-Armah, Fix Up, scene 2; republished as Plays: 1, London: Methuen Drama, 2009, →ISBN, page 126
- Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men.
Noun
raasclaat (plural raasclaats)
- A contemptible person.
- Set fire to my enemies / Fuck a rasclaat, those our enemies2017, “Gunfiyah”, performed by Dr. Dre
- Luke: You got five seconds to tell me why your boss invaded Harlem and what he wants with Raymond Jones.
Sheldon: Five, four, three, two, one. Raasclaat!2018, Aïda Mashaka Croal, 0:02:39 from the start, in The Basement (Marvel's Luke Cage), season 2, episode 6, spoken by Luke Cage and Sheldon Shaw (Mike Colter and Kevin Mambo), ABC Studios; Netflix
Adjective
raasclaat (comparative more raasclaat, superlative most raasclaat)
- An intensifier.
- Everybody raasclaat sorry, but is not everybody have to clean up people mess.2005, Marlon James, John Crow's Devil, →ISBN, page 58
- 'Me an' Patrick drive to Nottingham fe go check one a we bredren an' when we return I man see nufa a dem raasclaat poster all over the place.'2011, Bali Rai, The Whisper, →ISBN, page 143
Synonyms of raasclaat
Forms of raasclaat
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | raasclat |
| alternative form | raasclot |
| alternative form | rasclat |
| alternative form | rasclot |
| alternative form | rassclart |
| alternative form | rassclaat |
| alternative form | rassclot |
| alternative form | rasscloth |
| Noun | |
| plural | raasclaats |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more raasclaat |
| superlative | most raasclaat |
Origin of raasclaat
1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.
Questions about raasclaat
- What does raasclaat mean?
- Raasclaat means used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
- What part of speech is raasclaat?
- Raasclaat can be an interjection, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce raasclaat?
- Raasclaat is pronounced /ˈɹɑːs.klɑːt/.
Words near raasclaat in the dictionary
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