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sprat
- /spɹæt/
Rhymes with -æt
Where it comes from
From Middle English sprotte, from Old English sprot. Older source is unknown. Cognate with German Sprotte, Dutch sprot. Compare sprout.
noun sprat · sprats
- Any of various small, herring-like, marine fish in the genus Sprattus, in the family Clupeidae.
- Any of various similar fish of other genera.
- Anything petty or insignificant.
- A sixpence. The price of a case (five shillings piece bad) from the smasher is about one shilling; an alderman (two and sixpence) about sixpence; a peg (shilling) about threepence; a downer or sprat (sixpence) about twopence.
verb sprats · spratting · spratted
- To manure (land) with sprats (the fish). […] spratting the land. This treatment is supplemented by about half a ton of artificial manure, largely made up of a mixture of superphosphate and some nitrogenous manure.
Translations
Talk about this word "sprat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sprat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sprat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sprat "sprat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sprat.Cite this
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