ALL meanings of rat
rat
R r - noun rat animal: rodent 1
- noun rat underhand or sneaky person 1
- intransitive verb rat inform on sb 1
- noun rat any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 1
- noun rat any of various similar or related animals. 1
- noun rat Slang. a scoundrel. 1
- noun rat Slang. a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, especially in a time of trouble. an informer. a scab laborer. 1
- noun rat Slang. a person who frequents a specified place: a mall rat; gym rats. 1
- noun rat a pad with tapered ends formerly used in women's hair styles to give the appearance of greater thickness. 1
- verb without object rat Slang. to desert one's party or associates, especially in a time of trouble. to turn informer; squeal: He ratted on the gang, and the police arrested them. to work as a scab. 1
- verb without object rat to hunt or catch rats. 1
- verb with object rat to dress (the hair) with or as if with a rat. 1
- idioms rat smell a rat, to suspect or surmise treachery; have suspicion: After noting several discrepancies in his client's story, the attorney began to smell a rat. 1
- countable noun rat A rat is an animal which has a long tail and looks like a large mouse. 0
- countable noun rat If you call someone a rat, you mean that you are angry with them or dislike them, often because they have cheated you or betrayed you. 0
- verb rat If someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about things that you have done, especially bad things. 0
- verb rat If someone rats on an agreement, they do not do what they said they would do. 0
- noun rat any of numerous long-tailed murine rodents, esp of the genus Rattus, that are similar to but larger than mice and are now distributed all over the world 0
- noun rat a person who deserts his or her friends or associates, esp in time of trouble 0
- noun rat a worker who works during a strike; blackleg; scab 0
- noun rat an informer; stool pigeon 0
- noun rat a despicable person 0
- verb rat to divulge secret information (about); betray the trust (of) 0
- verb rat to default (on); abandon 0
- verb rat to hunt and kill rats 0
- noun rat any of numerous long-tailed rodents of various families (esp. Muridae and Cricetidae) resembling, but larger than, the mouse: rats are very destructive pests and carriers of highly contagious diseases, as bubonic plague and typhus 0
- noun rat a small pad formerly used in certain styles of women's coiffures to make the hair look thicker 0
- noun rat a sneaky, contemptible person 0
- noun rat a worker who is a scab 0
- noun rat a person who deserts or betrays a cause 0
- noun rat a person who spends a great deal of time at, in, or on a (specified) place 0
- intransitive verb rat to hunt for rats, esp. with dogs 0
- intransitive verb rat to desert or betray a cause, movement, etc. as rats are reputed to desert a sinking ship 0
- intransitive verb rat to act as a stool pigeon; inform (on) 0
- verb transitive rat to tease (the hair) 0