Crossword-Solution: SPRAT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sprat | n. | A small European herring (Clupea sprattus) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also garvie. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. |
| Sprat | n. | A California surf-fish (Rhacochilus toxotes); -- called also alfione, and perch. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPRAT | anagram | PARTS, PRATS, RAPTS, SPART, STRAP, TARPS, TRAPS |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with SPRAT (5)
Approaching them, he said, “What a clamor you would raise if I were to do as you are doing!” The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat THE DOLPHINS and Whales waged a fierce war with each other.
Nor did the silly Mansoul stick or boggle at all at this most monstrous engagement; but, as if it had been a sprat in the mouth of a whale, they swallowed it without any chewing.
And perhaps everywhere, among the greedy and rapacious, a gift is regarded as a sprat to catch a whale.
This rhyme, however, in the original, is equal to "Jack and Jill" in rhythm and rhyme, has as good a story, exhibits a more scientific tumble, with a less tragic result, and contains as good a moral as that found in "Jack Sprat." It is as popular all over North China as "Jack and Jill" is throughout Great Britain and America.
Baxter—so soon as it is ready—will let you see a proof of my introduction, which is only sent out as a sprat to catch whales.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, The Atlantic, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 284 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).