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# brat

«brat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a child who behaves badly, is spoiled or rude** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a brat, brats); adjective bratty

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, rude) A brat is a child who behaves badly, is spoiled or rude. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#m1)

2) (informal) An army brat is a child who grew up moving from base to base because a parent was in the armed forces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#m2)

3) (informal) Sometimes used jokingly about any annoying younger person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «brat» shows that a character is spoiled or naughty, or that someone is cross with a child. It is an insult, so it tells the reader about the speaker's feelings too. Phrases: spoiled brat, little brat, army brat.

### examples

- That spoiled brat screamed until he got the toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x1)
- Stop being such a brat and share your sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x2)
- My cousin was an army brat and lived in five countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x3)
- The little brat kicked my chair the whole film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x4)
- Mum said, «Don't be bratty to your sister.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x5)
- In the story, the brat finally learns to say thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x6)
- She's nought but a brat, with ne'er a cow or a cabbage o' her own." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/#x7)

### note

Calling someone a brat is rude; do not use it to an adult or a teacher. Plural «brats». Not to be confused with «bratwurst», a German sausage (sometimes shortened to «brat» in the USA).

### In the corpora

- ["xiǎo pìhái" means brat or little pest; adults say it about naughty children and it is a bit rude.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/15/)
- [brat means brother, as in tse miy brat, that's my brother; between boys bratan or brO means bro.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy/4/)
- [molOdshyi brat means younger brother, and stArshyi means older.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy/6/)
- [dvoYUrIdnyi brat means cousin, a boy cousin, and cousins are very close in many Ukrainian families.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/6-brothers-aunties-cousins-polite-vy/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.