twat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Origin unknown.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /twɑt/
• IPA: /twæt/ (common UK slang pronunciation)
• IPA: /twɒt/ (common Australian and New Zealand pronunciation)
•  Audio (UK)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æt

[edit] Noun

twat (plural twats)

1. (vulgar, slang) A vagina, pussy, vulva, clitoris
2. (British, offensive, vulgar, slang) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot (sometimes used affectionately).
3. (erroneous) (Famously mistaken by Robert Browning to mean) a nun's headpiece.
   • 1841, Robert Browning, Pippa Passes,

     Then, owls and bats, cowls and twats,

     Monks and nuns, in a cloister’s moods,

     Adjourn to the oak-stump pantry!

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to twat (third-person singular simple present twats, present participle twatting, simple past and past participle twatted)

1. (transitive, British, slang) To hit, slap.
   • 1989, Red Dwarf, series III, episode 3 (Polymorph)

     Arnold Rimmer: What are we gonna do?

     Dave Lister: Well, I say let's get out there and twat it!

   • 2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public

     "Umbridge'll twat him into next week."

   • 2006: Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red

     "I'd love to twat her over the head with this. What d'ya reckon?"

     "She'd certainly bleed a lot."

   • 2007: Mark Button, Security Officers And Policing: Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space

     That's the only time I have been twatted by someone.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: attw
• watt, Watt