rat

rat

rat (third-person singular simple present rats, present participle ratting, simple past and past participle ratted)

1. (usually with “on” or “out”) 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!

2. (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.

rat (plural rats)

1. (zoology) Any of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus Rattus.
2. (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.
3. (informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel.

   What a rat, leaving us stranded here!

   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

     He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.

4. (informal) An informant or snitch
5. (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.

   Our teenager has become a mall rat.

   He loved hockey and was a devoted rink rat.

6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A promiscuous person - often a young female - who attends sporting and other entertainment events, primarily to seek sexual liaisons with athletes, entertainers and/or others traveling with them; a groupie.
7. Informer.
8. Scab
9. North West London slang term for Vagina, as in get your rat out.
10. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.

	ratto
	rodent
	A nearly omnivorous rodent of the genus ''rattus'' characterised by a long hairless tail, rounded ears, and a pointed nose.
	Any of numerous small rodents of the genera ''rattus'', ''mus'', or various other related genera of the ''Muridæ'' family characterised by a long hairless tail, rounded ears, and a pointed nose.

	topo
	rodent
	Any of numerous small rodents of the genera ''rattus'', ''mus'', or various other related genera of the ''Muridæ'' family characterised by a long hairless tail, rounded ears, and a pointed nose.

	sorcio
	rodent
	Any of numerous small rodents of the genera ''rattus'', ''mus'', or various other related genera of the ''Muridæ'' family characterised by a long hairless tail, rounded ears, and a pointed nose.

	delatore
	traitor

	pentito
	traitor

	spia
	traitor

	traditore
	traitor

brigante

rato

rattus

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Scab

(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.

North West London slang term for Vagina, as in get your rat out.

(laboratory) rat

Informer.

(usually with “on” or “out”) to betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.

(of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.

A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.

(informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel.

A promiscuous person - often a young female - who attends sporting and other entertainment events, primarily to seek sexual liaisons with athletes, entertainers and/or others traveling with them; a groupie.

(slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.

(informal) An informant or snitch

(zoology) Any of about 56 different species of small, omnivorous rodents belonging to the genus '''Rattus''' .

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