Meanings
nounspratting (uncountable)
- uncountableFishing for sprats.
The spratting season usually lasts from November to March, and, before the outbreak of the recent war, large consignments of sprats were despatched to the Continent, via Parkeston Quay and the train ferry.
1947 November and December, C. Langley Aldrich, “The Brightlingsea Branch, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 383
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of sprat
Cite this entry
APA
spratting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spratting
MLA
“spratting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spratting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spratting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spratting.
Source: spratting on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.