Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drat

/dɹæt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: drat
IPA: /dɹæt/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To damn or curse.

Transitive verb

intj

Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

Example Sentences

"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."
""Drat that saw-dust, although I shouldn't forget it is the mill that feeds me and mine, but I get so wild when I think of the big fellows I have landed here in days gone by.""
"And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal[…]"
"Drat! I forgot to post these letters."

Etymology

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

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

drats (present, singular) dratting (participle, present) dratted (participle, past) dratted (past) drat! (canonical)

Synonyms

crap! damn! fuck! goddammit! shit!

Rhymes With

that at fat cat big cat flat sat chat combat matt hat old hat

Questions

How do you pronounce drat?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɹæt/.
What does drat mean?: To damn or curse.
Where does drat come from?: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

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