rat

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 [ræt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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 See also brown rat, black rat

2. Informal a person who deserts his friends or associates, esp in time of trouble

3. (Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Informal a worker who works during a strike; blackleg; scab

4. Slang chiefly US an informer; stool pigeon

5. Informal a despicable person

smell a rat to detect something suspicious

vb rats, ratting, ratted

1. (intr; usually foll by on) Informal

a.  to divulge secret information (about); betray the trust (of)

b.  to default (on); abandon he ratted on the project at the last minute

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) to hunt and kill rats See also rats

[Old English rætt; related to Old Saxon ratta, Old High German rato]

ratlike  adj

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) He was known as `The Rat', even before the bribes had come to light.

2. rogue, scoundrel, heel (slang), shit (taboo slang), bastard (informal, offensive), cad (old-fashioned Brit. informal), bounder (old-fashioned Brit. slang), rotter (slang, chiefly Brit.), bad lot, shyster (informal, chiefly U.S.), ratfink (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.) What did you do with the gun you took from that little rat?

rat on someone betray, denounce, tell on, inform 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.) They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.

rat on something renege on, go back on, repudiate, default on, back out of, break a promise, welsh on (slang), break your word She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement.

smell a rat suspect something, doubt someone, distrust someone, mistrust someone, harbour suspicions about someone or something, have your doubts about someone or something If I don't send a picture, he will smell a rat.

Translations

rat [ræt]

A. N

1. (Zool) → rata f
I smell a rat → aquí hay gato encerrado, aquí se está tramando algo
he could smell a rat → se olió algo sospechoso, le olió a gato encerrado

2. (= person) you dirty rat! → ¡canalla!

3. (as exclamation) rats! (Brit) → ¡narices!

B. VI

1. to rat on sb (= inform on) → chivarse de algn; (= desert) → abandonar a algn
to rat on a deal → rajarse de un negocio

2. (= catch rats) → cazar ratas, matar ratas

C. CPD rat pack N (= journalists) → paparazzi mpl
rat poison N → matarratas m inv
the rat race N → la lucha por la supervivencia, la competencia
it's a rat race → es un mundo muy competitivo
rat run N (Brit) (Aut) calle residencial usada por los conductores para evitar atascos
rat trap N → trampa f para ratas, ratonera f

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rat [ˈræt]

n

(= rodent) → rat m
a female rat → une rate

(= person) → salaud m >
to smell a rat → se dire qu'il y a anguille sous roche

modif [cage] → à rat; [population] → de rats

rat on

vt fus

(= tell on) → cafter >

(= go back on) [+ agreement] → revenir sur

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rat

n (Zool) → Ratte f; (pej inf: = person) → elender Verräter (inf); he’s a dirty rat (inf) → er ist ein dreckiges or gemeines Schwein (inf); you rat! → du Hund! (inf); rats! (inf) (annoyance) → Mist! (inf); (rejection) → Quatsch! (inf) ? smell

vi

to rat on somebody (inf) (= desert) → jdn sitzen lassen (inf); (= inform on) → jdn verpfeifen (inf); to rat on something (inf: = renege on) → etw nicht einhalten

to go ratting → auf Rattenfang gehen

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rat in cpds → Ratten-

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rat:

ratpack

n (Brit pej inf) → Journalistenmeute f (pej inf)

rat poison

n → Rattengift nt

rat race

n → ständiger Konkurrenzkampf

rat run

n (Brit inf) → Schleichweg m (inf); drivers were using the area as a rat → die Gegend wurde von Autofahrern als Schleichweg (inf) → genutzt

rats’ tails

pl (pej) → Zotteln pl (pej); (inf: = bunches) → Rattenschwänze pl (inf); her hair was or hung in rat (pej) → ihr Haar war zottelig or hing zottelig herunter

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rat [ræt]

1. n → ratto
black rat → ratto comune
brown rat → topo delle chiaviche
you dirty rat! (fam) → brutta carogna!

2. vi to rat on sb (fam) → fare una spiata or una soffiata su qn
to rat on a deal (fam) → rimangiarsi la parola
to smell a rat → subodorare qualcosa

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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. rot فأْر плъх krysa rotte die Ratte αρουραίος rata rott موش صحرایی rotta rat חוְּלְדָה, עַכבּרוֹש चूहा štakor patkány tikus wirok rotta ratto ねずみ 쥐 žiurkė žurka tikus rat rotte szczur ratazana şobolan крыса krysa, potkan podgana pacov råtta หนู sıçan 大老鼠 пацюк, щур چوہا chuột 老鼠

2 an offensive word for an unpleasant and untrustworthy person. rot خائِن: كَلِمَة ازْدِراء وتَحْقير доносник krysa kryb der/die Überläufer(in) μπαμπέσης, μασκαράς (μειωτ.) canalla lurjus آدم غیر قابل اعتماد؛ نابکار petturi salaud בּוֹגֵד अप्रिय आदमी के लिए एक गाली uvreda rongy ember bajingan rotta, svín mascalzone, furfante 嫌な奴 변절자 parsidavėlis, šunsnukis nodevējs; okšķeris panggilan menyakitkan hati schoft rotte, svin; tyster, angiver nędzna kreatura patife laş предатель; трус krysa, zradca, podliak podgana pacov skitstövel คนทรยศ (คำสแลง) kalleş, dönek kimse 卑鄙小人 пацюк غدار kẻ đê tiện 讨厌鬼

v – past tense, past participle ˈratted –

1 to break an agreement, promise etc. belofte verbreek يَتَخَلَّى عن، يَخِلُّ في وَعْدِه изменям zradit bryde überlaufen αθετώ romper (una promesa, un trato, etc) sõna murdma پیمان شکن laistaa manquer à לְהָפֵר समझौता या वादा तोड़ना izdati, iznevjeriti (gyávaságból) elpártol melanggar perjanjian ganga á bak orða sinna (venire meno a) 破る (약속, 협정 등을) 어기다 sulaužyti žodį, pažadą lauzt norunu/solījumu mungkir janji zijn woord breken svikte, la (noen) i stikken złamać słowo/obietnicę, wycofać się quebrar promessas a nu se ţine (de cuvânt) отказаться zradiť prelomiti izneveriti svika ngn ละทิ้งอุดมการณ์ sözünde durmamak, döneklik etmek 食言 порушити угоду وعدہ خلافی کرنا thất hứa 违约

2 to betray one's friends, colleagues etc The police know we're here. Someone must have ratted. verraai يَخونُ предавам udat angive verpfeifen προδίδω, καρφώνω (μτφ.) chivar reetma, üles andma خیانت کردن kannella dénoncer לִבגוֹד ग़द्दारी करना cinkati, izdati „köp” mengkhianati kjafta frá tradire, (fare la spia) 裏切る 배신하다 pakišti liežuvį, įskųsti nodot kādu membelakangi verraden tyste på, angi zdradzić delatar a denunţa предать udať izdati opanjkati tjalla, förråda หักหลังเพื่อน gammazlamak, ihbar etmek 背叛 зрадити, видати دھوکہ دینا phản bội 叛变

rat race

the fierce, unending competition for success etc. malle gejaag سِباق الجِرْذان: منافَسَة شَرِسَه على المالِ والنَّجاح луда надпревара honba za úspěchem rotteræs harter Konkurrenzkampf αδυσώπητος αγώνας για επικράτηση lucha por la vida, competencia halastamatu eluvõitlus عملیات رقابت آمیز oravanpyörä recherche effrénée de la réussite הִתחָרוּת פְּרוּעָה चूहा दौड़, कभी खत्म नहीं होने वाली प्रतियोगिता utrka za prestižem „patkányok versenyfutása” berebut sukses lífsgæðakapphlaup (corsa al successo), (concorrenza accanita) 激しい競争 과다 경쟁 nuožmi kova/tarpusavio konkurencija, rietenos nežēlīga konkurence berlumba-lumba concurrentiestrijd alles kamp mot alle zażarte współzawodnictwo o dobra materialne concorrência desenfreada luptă pe viaţă şi pe moarte бешеная погоня за успехом honba za úspechom / kariérou boj brez konca in kraja trka pacova karriärjakt แข่งวิ่งหนู kör döğüşü, koşuşturma 激烈競爭 пацюкова метушня کامیابی حاصل کرنے کے لیے ایک خونخوار مقابلہ cuộc 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، يَرْتاب подушвам нещо нередно větřit něco fatte mistanke Lunte riechen μυρίζομαι βρομοδουλειά haber gato encerrado paha aimama مشکوک شدن؛ به حیله یا نقشه پی بردن haistaa palaneen käryä soupçonner qqch. לְ”הָרִיח” מַשֶהוּ חָשוּד संदेह करना njušiti opasnost, biti sumnjičav valami gyanúsat sejt curiga gruna að brögð séu í tafli (fiutare un imbroglio) 怪しいと思う 낌새를 채다 jausti, kad kažkas ne taip nojaust ko nelabu sangsi lont ruiken lukte lunta, ane uråd podejrzewać coś, zwąchać pismo nosem desconfiar a mi­rosi/a bănui ceva чуять недоброе cítiť, tušiť (čo) vohati prevaro osetiti prevaru ana oråd (ugglor i mossen) รู้สึกหวาดระแวง kuşkulanmak 覺得事情不對勁，感到可疑 передчувати лихо شبہ ہونا nghi ngờ 感到有可疑之处

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rat → جرذ krysa rotte Ratte αρουραίος rata rotta rat štakor topo ドブネズミ 쥐 rat rotte szczur ratazana, rato-preto крыса råtta หนู sıçan con chuột 老鼠