sprat
pronunciation
How to pronounce sprat in British English:
UK [spræt]
How to pronounce sprat in American English:
US [spræt]
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- Noun:
- small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines
- small herring processed like a sardine
Word Origin
- sprat (n.)
- small European herring, 1590s, variant of sprot (c. 1300), from Old English sprott "a small herring," according to Klein related to Dutch sprot and probably connected to sprout (v.).
Example
- 1. Standard for salted atlantic herring and salted sprat .
- 2. The competition and prize of a free car is a sprat to catch a mackerel .
- 3. Their first performance doesn 't go quite to plan , but daisy , jack and sprat the cat discover unexpected talents !
- 4. He sent her a box of her favorite chocolates . It was a sprat to catch a mackerel , and he waited eagerly for her reply .
- 5. Their first performance doesn 't go quite to plan , but daisy , jack and sprat , the cat discover unexpected talents !