English

Noun

twat ‎(plural twats)

1. (vulgar, slang) The **** or ****.
2. (Britain, New Zealand, sometimes US, offensive, vulgar, slang) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.

Usage notes

Erroneously used by Robert Browning in Pippa Passes (1841) to denote part of a nun's habit; based on a misunderstanding of lines from a satirical poem Vanity of Vanities (1660): "They talk’t of his having a Cardinalls Hat / They’d send him as soon an Old Nuns Twat." For more, see Wikipedia.

Translations

Verb

twat ‎(third-person singular simple present twats, present participle twatting, simple past and past participle twatted)

1. (transitive, Britain, slang) To hit, slap.
   • 1989, Red Dwarf, series III, episode 3 (Polymorph)

     Arnold Rimmer: What are we gonna do?

     Dave Lister: Well, I say let's get out there and twat it!

   • 2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public

     "Umbridge'll twat him into next week."

   • 2006, Martyn J. Pass, Dani Pass, Waiting for Red

     "I'd love to twat her over the head with this. What d'ya reckon?"

     "She'd certainly bleed a lot."

   • 2007, Mark Button, Security Officers And Policing: Powers, Culture and Control in the Governance of Private Space

     That's the only time I have been twatted by someone.

Anagrams

• watt, Watt