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frat

frat

47 8.2
An informal group of male university students who join together for parties and other activities
  • noun
  • /fræt/
  • Informal
translation icon : fraternidad
  • The frat house is having a New Year's Eve party.
  • a frat house
  • a frat boy
  • a frat party

And you know when you decide to join a frat, if your frat is doing stupid stuff.

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Examples

  • You guys are at a frat party.

  • "You drive nice and slow back to the frat house," he says, "and tell the other boys all about this."

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Okay, you need to tell him you are not in his frat.

  • Do you remember the time at the frat when I was totally depressed?

  • Anyway, so Wednesday night we had a mixer with a frat and it was at a haunted house.

  • The students enjoyed a lively evening at the frat house with their friends.

  • He decided to join a frat to meet new people during his first year of college.

  • Every weekend, the frat hosts social events to bring together the members.

Synonyms

fraternity
vsfrat
  • US
126 4.9

A social group for men at college who live and do activities together

is the informal name for the same male undergraduate social club

Compounds

frat house
  • Informal
15 7.0

A house near a college where members of a student group live and meet

frat rat
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A college student who spends too much time at fraternity parties

Surface Forms

frat singular
frats plural

Etymology

Frat is a short form of fraternity, from the Latin frater meaning 'brother'. So a frat is like a 'brother' group at college, a social club for male students.