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    drat
    /drat/

    exclamation

    • 1. a mild expression of annoyance or irritation: "‘Drat!’ said Mitchell, kicking the fence"

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  2. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › dratdrat - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Sep 28, 2024 · drat (first-person possessive dratku, second-person possessive dratmu, third-person possessive dratnya) (engineering) screw thread: a helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.

  3. www.wikiwand.com › en › dictionarydrat - Wikiwand

    Etymology. An aphetism of od-rat ... "Drat that saw-dust, although I shouldn't forget it is the mill that feeds me and mine, but I get so wild when I think of the big ...

  4. www.oed.com › dictionary › drat_vdrat, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary

    The earliest known use of the verb drat is in the 1870s. OED's only evidence for drat is from 1878, in a text by Mortimer Collins, novelist and journalist, and F. Collins. drat is formed within English, by conversion.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dratDrat Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    verb. ˈdrat. dratted; dratting. : damn used as a mild oath. Word History. Etymology. probably euphemistic alteration of God rot. First Known Use. 1815, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of drat was in 1815. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near drat. drastically. dratchell.

  6. english.stackexchange.com › questions › 12830Etymology of the "Rats!" exclamation - English Language & Usage...

    Drat is first used in the early 19th century as shortening of od rat, which was an euphemism for God rot. Rats seems a shortening of od rat obtained by removing od, and used as plural to make it seems the plural of rat (the rodent). [Reference: the New Oxford American Dictionary.]

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDRAT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Word origin. aphetic < 'od rot < God rot. drat in American English. (dræt) (verb dratted, dratting) transitive verb. 1. to damn; confound. Drat your interference. interjection. 2. (used to express mild disgust, disappointment, or the like) Drat, there goes another button off my shirt. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.