Meanings
alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth
- JamaicavulgarUsed to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
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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
plural raasclaats · alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth
- JamaicavulgarA contemptible person.
Set fire to my enemies / Fuck a rasclaat, those our enemies
2017, “Gunfiyah”, performed by Dr. Dre1 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
comparative more raasclaat · superlative most raasclaat · alternative raasclat · alternative raasclot · alternative rasclat · alternative rasclot · alternative rassclart · alternative rassclaat · alternative rassclot · alternative rasscloth
- JamaicavulgarAn intensifier.
Bere lies, bere raasclaat hype
2016, “One Life”, in New Level Unlocked, performed by Alkaline2 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 & antonyms
Origin
- Englisharse
- Jamaican Creoleraasclaat
- Englishraasclaat
1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
raasclaat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raasclaat
“raasclaat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raasclaat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raasclaat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raasclaat.
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