prat about en · VERB
Meanings
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(informal) To waste time doing pointless or silly things
What are you pratting about with now? Get your homework done.
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(informal) To fail to do something correctly, and so consider the time to be wasted.
I spent the weekend pratting about with the central heating and got absolutely nowhere with it!
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pratted about | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| pratted about | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| pratting about | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| prats about | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |