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Definitions of 'rat' Wordnet 

1. (noun) rat
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

2. (noun) scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

3. (noun) rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

4. (noun) informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber
one who reveals confidential information in return for money

5. (verb) rat
a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

6. (verb) rat
desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

7. (verb) rat
employ scabs or strike breakers in

8. (verb) fink, scab, rat, blackleg
take the place of work of someone on strike

9. (verb) rat
give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

10. (verb) rat
catch rats, especially with dogs

11. (verb) denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"


Definitions of 'rat' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) rat
one of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World

2. (noun) rat
a round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair

3. (noun) rat
one who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union

4. (verb) rat
in English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union

5. (verb) rat
to catch or kill rats


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