English

Verb

drat ‎(third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)

1. (transitive) To damn or curse.

   That dratted cat's been in the vegetable patch again.

   • 1882, The Japan Daily Mail (page 1129)

     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.

   • 1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy - Page 14

     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 […]

Translations

Interjection

drat!

1. A cry of anger or frustration

Synonyms

• crap!
• damn!
• goddammit!

Translations

Anagrams

• dart, DART, DTRA, tard, trad

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *drēctus < *dērēctus, from Latin dīrectus.

Adjective

drat

1. straight

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɾat]

Noun

drat ‎(plural drats)

1. wire (metal)

Declension

Derived terms

• drataflökot
• dratakab
• dratakef
• dratasib
• dratatreil
• dratavivot
• dratazäp
• dratihitiridan
• dratijitiridan
• dratik
• dratitirid
• dratitiridam
• dratitiridan
• dratitiridian
• dratitiridön
• dugodadrat
• feradrat
• goldadrat
• goldadratitiridan
• largentadrat
• largentadratitiridan
• metaladrat
• stinadrat
• telefonadrat