raasclaat

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/ˈɹɑːs.klɑːt/

interjection

Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

interjection

alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth

  1. JamaicavulgarUsed to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
    1 more example

    Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men. Brother Kiyi: Rasclaat! Alice: No, not rasclaat or however you pronounce it—the contest for humanity in the poem is fought exclusively by men.

    2004 December 16, Kwame Kewi-Armah, Fix Up, scene 2; republished as Plays: 1, London: Methuen Drama, 2009, →ISBN, page 126

    Synonyms: damn, fuck

nounraasclaat (plural raasclaats)

plural raasclaats · alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth

  1. JamaicavulgarA contemptible person.

    Set fire to my enemies / Fuck a rasclaat, those our enemies

    2017, “Gunfiyah”, performed by Dr. Dre
    1 more example

    Luke: You got five seconds to tell me why your boss invaded Harlem and what he wants with Raymond Jones. Sheldon: Five, four, three, two, one. Raasclaat!

    2018, Aïda Mashaka Croal, 0:02:39 from the start, in The Basement (Marvel's Luke Cage), season 2, episode 6, spoken by Luke Cage and Sheldon Shaw (Mike Colter and Kevin Mambo), ABC Studios; Netflix

    Synonyms: asshole, bastard

adjectiveraasclaat (comparative more raasclaat, superlative most raasclaat)

comparative more raasclaat · superlative most raasclaat · alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth

  1. JamaicavulgarAn intensifier.

    Bere lies, bere raasclaat hype

    2016, “One Life”, in New Level Unlocked, performed by Alkaline
    2 more examples

    Everybody raasclaat sorry, but is not everybody have to clean up people mess.

    2005, Marlon James, John Crow's Devil, →ISBN, page 58

    'Me an' Patrick drive to Nottingham fe go check one a we bredren an' when we return I man see nufa a dem raasclaat poster all over the place.'

    2011, Bali Rai, The Whisper, →ISBN, page 143

    Synonyms: bloody, fucking

Synonyms & antonyms

interjectionUsed to express anger, annoyance or surprise.

Similar

nounA contemptible person.

adjectiveAn intensifier.

Origin

  1. Englisharse
  2. Jamaican Creoleraasclaat
  3. Englishraasclaat

1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

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APA

raasclaat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raasclaat

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“raasclaat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raasclaat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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