different between dray vs drat

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dr?, IPA^(key): /d?e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Etymology 1

From Middle English draye, dreye, from Old English dræ?e (“dragnet”), from Proto-Germanic *drag?. Cognate with Middle Low German dr?ge (“stretcher; dray”), Middle High German trage (“a litter”). Related to Old English dragan (“to pull; draw”). More at draw.

Noun

dray (plural drays)

1. A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.

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2. A kind of sledge or sled.

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Derived terms

• drayage, drayman

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

dray (plural drays)

1. Alternative spelling of drey, the nest of a squirrel.

References

• dray at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dray in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Dyar, Rady, Yard, adry, yard

English

Etymology

An aphetism of od-rat (“God rot”) as a minced oath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Verb

drat (third-person singular simple present drats, present participle dratting, simple past and past participle dratted)

1. (transitive) To damn or curse.

   Drat you and your evil schemes!

   • 1882, The Japan Daily Mail (page 1129)

     Whereat Mr. Fussy Fumer, gravely displeased, hastens home and writes an anonymous letter to Mrs. Gamp, who joins him in dratting the 'imperent upstart,' and denouncing the incompetence of the police.

   • 1999, Guy Murchie, The Seven Mysteries of Life: An Exploration in Science & Philosophy - Page 14

     And should you be one of those conventional persons who thinks of parasites as abnormal or perhaps goes so far as to drat the varmints, you may be surprised to discover, as I did, that parasites live both inside and outside most organisms in all the kingdoms, which makes parasitism thoroughly normal […]

Translations

Interjection

drat!

1. Expressing anger, annoyance or frustration.

   Drat! I forgot to post these letters.

Synonyms

• crap!
• damn!
• fuck!
• goddammit!
• shit!

Translations

Anagrams

• 'tard, -tard, ADRT, Art.D., DART, DTRA, Dart, dart, tard, trad

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dr?ctus < *d?r?ctus, from Latin d?rectus.

Adjective

drat

1. straight

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch draad (“screw thread”, literally “thread, wire”) (formally schroefdraad (“screw thread”)), from Middle Dutch drâet, from Old Dutch *thr?d, from Proto-Germanic *þr?duz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d(??)rat?]
• Hyphenation: drat

Noun

drat (first-person possessive dratku, second-person possessive dratmu, third-person possessive dratnya)

1. (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.

Further reading

• “drat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d?at]

Noun

drat (nominative plural drats)

1. wire (metal)

Declension

Derived terms

• drataflökot
• dratakab
• dratakef
• dratasib
• dratatreil
• dratavivot
• dratazäp
• dratihitiridan
• dratijitiridan
• dratik
• dratitirid
• dratitiridam
• dratitiridan
• dratitiridian
• dratitiridön
• dugodadrat
• feradrat
• goldadrat
• goldadratitiridan
• largentadrat
• largentadratitiridan
• metaladrat
• stinadrat
• telefonadrat