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brat | brant |

As nouns the difference between brat and brant

is that brat is a child (as a pejorative term); offspring while brant is any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

As an acronym brat

is b.R.A.T. - Born, Raised, And Transferred.

As an adjective brant is

steep, precipitous.

As a proper noun Brant is

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brat

English

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the term "brat" derives from an Old English (Old English) slang term meaning "beggar's child". Originally a dialectal word, from northern and western England and the Midlands, for a "makeshift or ragged garment"; probably the same word as (etyl) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • A child (as a pejorative term); offspring.
  • Now often specifically, a selfish or spoiled child.
  • a (w) or flatfish
  • *
  • A rough cloak or ragged garment
  • * '>citation
  • (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib.
  • *
    • (Wright)
  • (obsolete) The young of an animal.
    • (rfquotek, L'Estrange)
    Synonyms
    * See also .

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from bratwurst, from the (etyl) Bratwurst

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • bratwurst

    • See also

    * English clippings

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime.

    • Etymology 4

    Acronym

  • (military) B.R.A.T. - Born, Raised, And Transferred.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    brant

    English

    Etymology 1

    Origin uncertain but similar to brandgas (sheldrake).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta'', that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, ''Branta bernicla .

    • See also

    * ("brant" on Wikipedia) * (Branta)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr .

    Alternative forms

    * brent

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
  • * Ascham
    • Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
  • (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
  • * Burns
    • Your bonnie brow was brent .
    ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (transitive )

    Verb

    (head)
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