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rat  (rt)

n.

1.

a. Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus.

b. Any of various animals similar to one of these long-tailed rodents.

2. Slang

a. A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.

b. A scab laborer.

3. A pad of material, typically hair, worn as part of a woman's coiffure to puff out her own hair.

v. rat·ted, rat·ting, rats

v.intr.

1. To hunt for or catch rats, especially with the aid of dogs.

2. Slang To betray one's associates by giving information: ratted on his best friend to the police.

3. Slang To work as a scab laborer.

v.tr.

To puff out (the hair) with or as if with a pad of material.

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[Middle English, from Old English ræt; see rd- in Indo-European roots.]

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rat

Noun

1. a long-tailed rodent, similar to but larger than a mouse

2. Informal someone who is disloyal or treacherous

3. smell a rat to detect something suspicious

Verb

[ratting, ratted]

1. rat on

a. to betray (someone): good friends don't rat on each other

b. to go back on (an agreement): his ex-wife claims he ratted on their divorce settlement

2. to hunt and kill rats [Old English ræt]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rat - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing pocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches brown rat, Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus - common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide black rat, Rattus rattus, roof rat - common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide bandicoot rat, mole rat - burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon jerboa rat - large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping Oryzomys palustris, rice rat - hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
	2.	rat - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike blackleg, scab, strikebreaker worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	3.	rat - 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'" dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, bum, crumb disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	4.	rat - one who reveals confidential information in return for money betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police informant, source - a person who supplies information copper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the police supergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people
	5.	rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Verb	1.	rat - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage defect, desert - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
	2.	rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in manufacture, industry - the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" hire, employ, engage - engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
	3.	rat - take the place of work of someone on strike blackleg, fink, scab do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"
	4.	rat - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat pad, fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
	5.	rat - catch rats, especially with dogs capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
	6.	rat - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" shit, tell on, snitch, stag, shop, denounce, give away, betray, grass inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights" sell out - give information that compromises others

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rat (Informal)

noun 1. traitor, grass Brit. (informal) betrayer, deceiver, informer, defector, deserter, double-crosser, quisling, stool pigeon, nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) snake in the grass, two-timer (informal) fizgig Austral. (slang)

noun 2. rogue, scoundrel, heel (slang) cad (old-fashioned), (informal), Brit. bounder (old-fashioned), (slang), Brit. rotter (slang), chiefly Brit. bad lot, shyster (informal), chiefly U.S. ratfink (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. wrong 'un Austral. (slang)

rat on someone betray, denounce, tell on, shop (slang), chiefly Brit. grass Brit. (slang) peach (slang) squeal (slang) incriminate (informal) blow the whistle on (informal) spill the beans (informal) snitch (slang) blab, let the cat out of the bag, blow the gaff Brit. (slang) nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) put the finger on (informal) spill your guts (slang) inculpate, clype Scot. dob in Austral. (slang)

Translations

rat [ræt] n → rata

rat [ræt] n → rat m

rat [ræt] n → Ratte f

rat [ræt] n → ratto

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rat

n rat [rat]

1 a small animal with a long tail, like a mouse but larger The rats have eaten holes in those bags of flour.rotفأْرплъхkrysarottedie Ratteαρουραίοςratarottموش صحراییrottaratחוְּלְדָה, עַכבּרוֹשचूहाštakorpatkánytikus wirokrottarattoねずみ쥐žiurkėžurkatikusratrotteszczurratazanaşobolanкрысаkrysa, potkanpodganapacovråttaหนูsıçan老鼠пацюк, щурچوہاchuột老鼠

2 an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person. rotخائِن: كَلِمَة ازْدِراء وتَحْقيرдоносникkrysakrybder/die Überläufer(in)μπαμπέσης, μασκαράς (μειωτ.)canallalurjusآدم غیر قابل اعتماد؛ نابکارpetturisalaudבּוֹגֵדअप्रिय आदमी के लिए एक गालीuvredarongy emberbajinganrotta, svínmascalzone, furfante嫌な奴변절자, 배신자parsidavėlis, šunsnukisnodevējs; okšķerispanggilan menyakitkan hatischoftrotte, svin; tyster, angivernędzna kreaturapatifelaşпредатель; трусkrysa, zradca, podliakpodganapacovskitstövelคนทรยศ (คำสแลง)kalleş, dönek kimse討厭鬼пацюкغدارkẻ đê tiện讨厌鬼

v – past tense, past participle ˈratted –

1 to break an agreement, promise etc. belofte verbreekيَتَخَلَّى عن، يَخِلُّ في وَعْدِهизменямzraditbrydeüberlaufenαθετώromper (una promesa, un trato, etc)sõna murdmaپیمان شکنrikkoamanquer àלְהָפֵרसमझौता या वादा तोड़नाizdati, iznevjeriti(gyávaságból) elpártolmelanggar perjanjianganga á bak orða sinna(venire meno a)破る약속을 어기다sulaužyti žodį, pažadąlauzt norunu/solījumumungkir janjizijn woord brekensvikte, la (noen) i stikkenzłamać słowo/obietnicę, wycofać sięquebrar promessasa nu se ţine (de cuvânt)отказатьсяzradiťprelomitiizneveritisvika ngnละทิ้งอุดมการณ์sözünde durmamak, döneklik etmek違約порушити угодуوعدہ خلافی کرناthất hứa违约

2 to betray one's friends, colleagues etc The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted.verraaiيَخونُпредавамudatangiveverpfeifenπροδίδω, καρφώνω (μτφ.)chivarreetma, üles andmaخیانت کردنilmiantaadénoncerלִבגוֹדग़द्दारी करनाcinkati, izdati„köp”mengkhianatikjafta frátradire, (fare la spia)裏切る배신하다pakišti liežuvį, įskųstinodot kādumembelakangiverradentyste på, angizdradzićdelatara denunţaпредатьudaťizdatiopanjkatitjalla, förrådaหักหลังเพื่อนgammazlamak, ihbar etmek叛變зрадити, видатиدھوکہ دیناphản bội叛变

rat race

the fierce, unending competition for success etc. malle gejaagسِباق الجِرْذان: منافَسَة شَرِسَه على المالِ والنَّجاحлуда надпревараhonba za úspěchemrotteræsharter Konkurrenzkampfαδυσώπητος αγώνας για επικράτησηla vida lucha por, competenciahalastamatu eluvõitlusعملیات رقابت آمیزoravanpyörärecherche effrénée de la réussiteהִתחָרוּת פְּרוּעָהचूहा दौड़, कभी खत्म नहीं होने वाली प्रतियोगिताutrka za prestižem„patkányok versenyfutása”berebut sukseslífsgæðakapphlaup(corsa al successo), (concorrenza accanita)激しい競争치열한 경쟁nuožmi kova/tarpusavio konkurencija, rietenosnežēlīga konkurenceberlumba-lumbaconcurrentiestrijdalles kamp mot allezażarte współzawodnictwo o dobra materialneconcorrência desenfreadaluptă pe viaţă şi pe moarteбешеная погоня за успехомhonba za úspechom / kariérouboj brez konca in krajatrka pacovakarriärjaktแข่งวิ่งหนูkör döğüşü, koşuşturma激烈競爭пацюкова метушняکامیابی حاصل کرنے کے لیے ایک خونخوار مقابلہcuộc đấu tranh quyết liệt激烈竞争

smell a rat

to have a feeling that something is not as it should be; to have suspicions. يَتَشَكَّك، يَرْتابподушвам нещо нередноvětřit něcofatte mistankeLunte riechenμυρίζομαι βρομοδουλειάhaber gato encerradopaha aimamaمشکوک شدن؛ به حیله یا نقشه پی بردنhaistaa palaneen käryäsoupçonner qqch.לְ”הָרִיח” מַשֶהוּ חָשוּדसंदेह करनाnjušiti opasnost, biti sumnjičavvalami gyanúsat sejtcurigagruna að brögð séu í tafli(fiutare un imbroglio)怪しいと思う낌새를 채다jausti, kad kažkas ne taipnojaust ko nelabusangsilont ruikenlukte lunta, ane urådpodejrzewać coś, zwąchać pismo nosemdesconfiara mi­rosi/a bănui cevaчуять недоброеcítiť, tušiť (čo)vohati prevaroosetiti prevaruana oråd (ugglor i mossen)รู้สึกหวาดระแวงkuşkulanmak感到有可疑之處передчувати лихоشبہ ہوناnghi ngờ感到有可疑之处