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/drat"id/, adj.damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won't start.[1855-60; DRAT + -ED2]
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dratted — [drat′id] adj. [see DRAT] Informal confounded; darned … English World dictionary
dratted — drat ► EXCLAMATION ▪ used to express mild annoyance. DERIVATIVES dratted adjective. ORIGIN shortening of od rat, a euphemism for God rot … English terms dictionary
dratted — /drat id/, adj. damned; confounded (used as a mild oath): This dratted car won t start. [1855 60; DRAT + ED2] … Useful english dictionary
dratted — drat·ted || dreɪtɪd adj. damned … English contemporary dictionary
dratted — /ˈdrætəd/ (say dratuhd) adjective Colloquial confounded …
drat — interjection old fashioned used to show you are annoyed: Drat! The car won t start! dratted adjective: Where are my dratted keys? … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
DRAT — v. & int. colloq. v.tr. (dratted, dratting (usu. as an exclam.)) curse, confound (drat the thing!). int. expressing anger or annoyance. Derivatives: dratted adj. Etymology: for od (= God) rot … Useful english dictionary
drat — verb (dratted; dratting) Etymology: probably euphemistic alteration of God rot Date: 1815 damn used as a mild oath … New Collegiate Dictionary
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drat — /drat/, v., dratted, dratting, interj. v.t. 1. to damn; confound: Drat your interference. interj. 2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like): Drat, there goes another button off my shirt. [1805 15; alter. of (o)d rot God rot… … Universalium
