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Drat vs Drate - What's the difference?

drat | drate |

As a noun drat

is wire (thin thread of metal).

As a verb drate is

(drite).

drat

English

Verb

(dratt)
  • To damn or curse.
    • That dratted cat's been in the vegetable patch again.
  • * 1882 , The Japan Daily Mail (page 1129)
    • Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.
  • * 1999 , Guy Murchie, ''The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy - Page 14
    • And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal

    Interjection

  • A cry of anger or frustration

    • Synonyms

    * crap! * damn! * goddammit!

    Anagrams

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    drate

    English

    Alternative forms

    * drait

    Verb

    (head)
  • (drite)

    • References

    * “ drite, v. ]” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989

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