frat

Apocopic form of fraternity.

• IPA^(key): /fɹæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æt

frat (plural frats)

1. Shortened form of fraternity, college organization. (Often used as a noun modifier.)

   frat party

   See you at the frat house.

   All the frats will be there.

   • 2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 August 2016:

     "But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and 'woke' dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female 'Ghostbusters' and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."

   • 2018 August 25, Dakin Andone, “They pledge. Get hazed. The cycle continues”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 July 2024:

     And Florida State University suspended all frats and sororities for two months after the November 2017 death of Pi Kappa Phi pledge Andrew Coffey, which has since been determined to have been due to hazing, according to police.

• fraternal
• fraternity

• TRAF, RTFA, raft, FART, traf, fart, FRTA, tarf

• IPA^(key): /fraːt/
• Rhymes: -aːt

frat n (genitive singular frats, no plural)

1. junk, rubbish, trash

   Synonyms: rusl, drasl, skran

• traf

• IPA^(key): /fˠɾˠat̪ˠ/^[1]

frat (emphatic fratsa)

1. second-person singular of fré