twat

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Etymology

Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /twæt/
• (Australia, New Zealand) IPA: /twɒt/

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• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

twat (plural twats)

1. (vulgar, slang) A vagina, pussy, vulva, clitoris
2. (UK, 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!

Translations

vulgar slang, vagina

Croatian: pička (hr) f., pizda (hr) f. Czech: píča (cs) f. Danish: fisse (da) Esperanto: piĉo (eo) Estonian: vitt (et), puts (et), tuss (et) Finnish: pillu (fi), vittu (fi), tussu (fi) French: chatte (fr) f.; con (fr) m. German: Fotze (de) f. Italian: figa (it) f. Latvian: petene (lv) Lithuanian: pyzda (lt) f. Macedonian: пичка (mk) (píčka) f., минџа (mk) (míndža) f.

Malay: puki (ms) Norwegian: fitte (no) f. Persian: کس (fa) (kos) Polish: piczka (pl) f., cipa (pl) f. Portuguese: buceta (pt) f. Romanian: pizdă (ro) f. Russian: манда (ru) (mandá) f., пизда (ru) (pizdá) f. Serbian: (slang) пичка (sr), пизда (sr) f., пизда (sr) f. Slovak: piča (sk) f. Spanish: coño (es) m. Swedish: fitta (sv) Tagalog: puke (tl)

idiot

Arabic: مغفل (ar) (moghafal) Finnish: ääliö (fi), typerys (fi) French: con (fr) Macedonian: гомнар (mk) (gómnar) m.

Portuguese: idiota (pt), parvo (pt) Russian: балда (ru) (baldá) m. and f., идиот (ru) m. Spanish: gilí (es) m. and f. Swedish: idiot (sv), kötthuvud (sv) n.

Verb

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

1. (transitive, UK, 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.

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