Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prat about

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables
prat about
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To waste time doing pointless or silly things

Informal

verb

To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

prats about (present, singular) pratting about (participle, present) pratted about (participle, past) pratted about (past)

Questions

What does prat about mean?
To waste time doing pointless or silly things

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