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Definition of 'rat'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
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  • (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
  • (informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
  • He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
  • (informal) An informant or snitch.
  • (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
  • Scab.
  • Vagina.
  • A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
  • Synonyms
    * (person known for betrayal) traitor (see for more synonyms ) * (informer) stool pigeon
    Derived terms
    * black rat * brown rat * desert rat * give a rat's ass * * like rats from a sinking ship (rel-mid3) * love rat * mall rat * ratface * ratfink * ratter * rat race * rattail * ratty (rel-mid3) * rat's nest * rat-trap * ring rat * smell a rat * gym rat (rel-bottom)
    See also
    * mouse * rodent

    Verb

    (ratt)
  • To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.
  • He ratted on his coworker.
    He is going to rat us out!
  • To kill rats.
  • Synonyms
    * (to betray someone to an authority) tell on, to finger or "put the finger on", bewray

    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'rat'

    rot, root, ret, rut, riot, rout, reit, ryot, rt, rit, reet, rowt