brat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a very troublesome child
    terror; little terror; holy terror.
  2. noun a small pork sausage
    bratwurst.

WordNet

Brat noun
Etymology
OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, raf, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child.
Definitions
  1. A coarse garnment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. Obs. Chaucer.
  2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Wright.
  3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift.
    O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.
  4. The young of an animal. Obs. L'Estrange.
Brat noun
Definitions
  1. (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

Webster 1913