"drat" meaning in English

See drat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /dɹæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drat.wav Forms: drat! [canonical]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath. Head templates: {{en-interj|head=drat!}} drat!
  1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration. Categories (topical): English minced oaths Synonyms: crap!, damn!, fuck!, goddammit!, shit! Translations (cry of anger or frustration): по дяволите! (po djavolite!) (Bulgarian), мамка му! (mamka mu!) (Bulgarian), (Cantonese), (bai⁶) (Cantonese), (Cantonese), (caam²) (Cantonese), 死得啦 (Cantonese), stik (Dutch), verrek (Dutch), samperi (Finnish), saamari (Finnish), mince (French), menno (German), dannazione (Italian), мајку му! (majku mu!) (Macedonian), āhahā (Maori), aeha (Maori), m'luque ! [Jersey] (Norman), блин (blin) (Russian), чёрт (čort) (Russian), зараза (zaraza) (Russian), gonadh air (Scottish Gaelic), ¡jolín! (Spanish), ¡caramba! (Spanish), ¡caray! (Spanish), ¡joder! [vulgar] (Spanish), rackarns (Swedish), attans (Swedish), skit (Swedish), förbannat (Swedish), nedrans (Swedish), ཨ་ཡ (english: a ya) (Tibetan), ཨ་ཁ (a kha) (Tibetan), ཨ་ལས (a las) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-drat-en-intj-daclbQ9Q Disambiguation of English minced oaths: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tibetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Tibetan translations: 100 0

Verb

IPA: /dɹæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drat.wav Forms: drats [present, singular, third-person], dratting [participle, present], dratted [participle, past], dratted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath. Head templates: {{en-verb}} drat (third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)
  1. (transitive) To damn or curse. Tags: transitive Translations (to damn or curse): проклинам (proklinam) (Bulgarian), verdoemen (Dutch), vervloeken (Dutch), needma, kiruma (Estonian), kirota (Finnish), jurer (French), dannare (Italian), maledire (Italian), maldecir (Spanish), förbanna (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-drat-en-verb-HBPtQ-OG

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Drat you and your evil schemes!",
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          "ref": "1882, The Japan Daily Mail, page 1129:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "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[…]",
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        "(transitive) To damn or curse."
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "proklinam",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "проклинам"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "verdoemen"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "vervloeken"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "needma, kiruma"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "kirota"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "jurer"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "dannare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "maledire"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "maldecir"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to damn or curse",
          "word": "förbanna"
        }
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          "text": "Drat! I forgot to post these letters.",
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        "Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration."
      ],
      "id": "en-drat-en-intj-daclbQ9Q",
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          "anger",
          "anger#English"
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          "annoyance",
          "annoyance#English"
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          "frustration",
          "frustration#English"
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        {
          "word": "crap!"
        },
        {
          "word": "damn!"
        },
        {
          "word": "fuck!"
        },
        {
          "word": "goddammit!"
        },
        {
          "word": "shit!"
        }
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "po djavolite!",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "по дяволите!"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mamka mu!",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "мамка му!"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "死"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "roman": "bai⁶",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "弊"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "慘"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "roman": "caam²",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "惨"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Cantonese",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "死得啦"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "stik"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "verrek"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "samperi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "saamari"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "mince"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "menno"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "dannazione"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "majku mu!",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "мајку му!"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "āhahā"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "aeha"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "m'luque !"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "blin",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "блин"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čort",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "чёрт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaraza",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "зараза"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "gonadh air"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "¡jolín!"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "¡caramba!"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "¡caray!"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "tags": [
            "vulgar"
          ],
          "word": "¡joder!"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "rackarns"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "attans"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "skit"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "förbannat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "nedrans"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "english": "a ya",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "ཨ་ཡ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "a kha",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "ཨ་ཁ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "a las",
          "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
          "word": "ཨ་ལས"
        }
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        "To damn or curse."
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      "rhymes": "-æt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proklinam",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "проклинам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "verdoemen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "vervloeken"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "needma, kiruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "kirota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "jurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "dannare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "maledire"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "maldecir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to damn or curse",
      "word": "förbanna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drat"
}

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    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English minced oaths",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/æt",
    "Rhymes:English/æt/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tibetan translations"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "drat!",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "drat!"
      },
      "expansion": "drat!",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Drat! I forgot to post these letters.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anger",
          "anger#English"
        ],
        [
          "annoyance",
          "annoyance#English"
        ],
        [
          "frustration",
          "frustration#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɹæt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drat.wav",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/58/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-drat.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crap!"
    },
    {
      "word": "damn!"
    },
    {
      "word": "fuck!"
    },
    {
      "word": "goddammit!"
    },
    {
      "word": "shit!"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "po djavolite!",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "по дяволите!"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mamka mu!",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "мамка му!"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "死"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "roman": "bai⁶",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "弊"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "慘"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "roman": "caam²",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "惨"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Cantonese",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "死得啦"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "stik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "verrek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "samperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "saamari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "mince"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "menno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "dannazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "majku mu!",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "мајку му!"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "āhahā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "aeha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "m'luque !"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "blin",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "блин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čort",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "чёрт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaraza",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "зараза"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "gonadh air"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "¡jolín!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "¡caramba!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "¡caray!"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "¡joder!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "rackarns"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "attans"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "skit"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "förbannat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "nedrans"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "a ya",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "ཨ་ཡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a kha",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "ཨ་ཁ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "a las",
      "sense": "cry of anger or frustration",
      "word": "ཨ་ལས"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drat"
}

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