plural of prattie

(dated, Ireland, slang) A potato.

A talkative person; a chatterbox.

plural of prattlebox

One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Pratt.

A surname.

(computing theory) A linear-time algorithm that searches for occurrences of one text string within another, employing the observation that when a mismatch occurs, the search string itself embodies sufficient information to determine where the next match could begin, thus reducing the number of possible match locations that must be checked.

(medicine, surgery) A closed-suction medical device consisting of an internal drain connected to a grenade-shaped bulb via plastic tubing, commonly used for collecting bodily fluids from surgical sites.

A wader, Glareola pratincola.

A wader, Glareola maldivarum.