What Is A Sprat Slang?

[chiefly Scottish], bambino, bud, chap.

What is another name for a sprat?

Sprat synonyms
In this page you can discover 7 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for sprat, like: brisling, , mackerel, fish, herring, turbot and clupea-sprattus.

What is Pratt slang?

Definition of ‘pratt’
1. the buttocks. verb (transitive) 2. to hit (someone) on the buttocks.

What does Scrat mean?

a small insignificant thing or
: a small insignificant thing or amount. scrat.

What does stick it mean in slang?

harshly criticize, punish
Slang. to harshly criticize, punish, or retaliate against someone.

Is a sprat a fish?

bristling, also spelled Brisling, also called Sprat, (Sprattus sprattus), edible fish of the herring family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes). Bristlings are silver-coloured marine fishes that form enormous schools in western European waters. They contribute to the worldwide fishing industry.

What does without equal mean?

Definition of without equal
: having no one or nothing that is as good, skillful, valuable, etc., as another person or thing He is without equal at chess.

What is a prat girl?

(slang) The female genitals. noun.

What is the nut in Ice Age called?

Scrat’s Acorn was a type of food that Saber-toothed squirrels ate in the ice age. In every Ice Age film, Scrat, a saber tooth squirrel, tries to get this acorn. Scrat and his acorn have been in almost every film in the Ice Age franchise.

What is Scrat’s girlfriend called?

Scratte was a female saber-toothed flying squirrel who was the center of Scrat’s affections for a time. She is briefly loving, sweet, romantic and devoted but also greedy, mischievous, selfish, aggressive and mean.

What does dry as a stick mean?

hunglish. The hard, dry deer tendon, brown as old leather and as big around as a finger, resembled a stick of wood. Literature.

What does sticking it to the man mean?

(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To take some action intended to defy a source of oppression such as globalization, commercialization, big business or government. Paula not only told her boss that she quit but also told him to shut up. Way to stick it to the man!

What does hit the sticks mean?

verb. a real hard tackle in a Football game. This term came from the video game Madden NFL 2005.

What size is a sprat?

Description. The European sprat is a small fish growing to a maximum length of 16 cm (6.3 in), but more often in the 8 to 12 cm (3 to 5 in) range.

What is a smoked sprat?

Sprats are sardine-like fish prevalent in the Baltic Sea. These sprats are imported from Latvia. sprats are smoked until they reach their beautiful golden color. This nutritious fish makes an excellent appetizer.

Is sprat a Scrabble word?

SPRAT is a valid scrabble word.

What is it called when you can’t live without something?

indispensable Add to list Share. Indispensable is a strong adjective for something that you couldn’t do without.

What is the synonym of derogatory?

(or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying.

What is the synonym of unparalleled?

unequaled. (or unequalled), unexampled, unmatched, unrivaled.

Why do Brits call it shagging?

It is probably related to the word shake. (Use your imagination for the connection.) As a verb, shag means “to have sex” (e.g., I shagged her last night). By the 1780s, it evolved into a noun for the act of copulation itself (e.g., We had a shag in the barn).

Why do Brits say innit?

‘Innit’ – usually pronounced that way, usually with a regional accent of some kind, often with a Cockney accent of some kind, often with a Jamaican accent – it’s because it’s come really from the fashionable use, in London mainly, by the Asian community and the Jamaican community, popularised by Ali G and others.