drat

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (‘God rot’) as a minced oath.

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[edit] Verb

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

  1. (transitive and intransitive) To damn or curse
    That dratted cat's been in the vegetable patch again.

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to damn or curse

[edit] Interjection

drat!

  1. A cry of anger or frustration

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cry of anger or frustration

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[edit] Noun

drat (plural drats)

  1. wire (metal)

[edit] Declension

declension of drat
singular plural
nominative drat drats
genitive drata dratas
dative drate drates
accusative drati dratis
predicative dratu dratus
vocative o drat! o drats!

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