rat
rat
rÃĻt
rāt
/rÃĻt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rat"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ, āĻ•ā§ƒāĻŽāĻŋāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€

a large mouse-like animal with a long tail, which spreads diseases
rat definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite efforts to control their population, rats remain a common sight in urban areas.
āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āχāρāĻĻ⧁āϰ āĻļāĻšā§āϰ⧇ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

a pad, typically made of hair, worn to add volume to a woman's hairstyle

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stylist used a rat to create a fuller look.
03

a person considered treacherous, despicable, or contemptible

Offensive
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She calls anyone who lies to friends a rat.
04

someone who works or provides replacement workers during a strike

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He hires rats to keep the factory running during the strike.
05

āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž, āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻž

someone who gives information about other people and their crimes or wrongdoings to the police or authorities
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was labeled a rat after he cooperated with the police and testified against his former associates.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϚāϰ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

to use a hair pad to add volume or fullness to a hairstyle

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stylist rats the curls for a vintage look.
02

to abandon or betray one's friends, group, or party for personal gain

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician rats his party for personal advantage.
03

take the place of someone who is on strike, performing their work

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company hires workers to rat for those on strike.
04

to employ strikebreakers to replace striking workers

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Management rats by hiring replacement workers.
05

āĻŦāĻĻāύāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to inform on someone or betray them, often by disclosing their wrongdoing to authorities
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gang member was ostracized after he ratted out his former associates.
āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āχāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻšāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

to hunt or catch rats, often using dogs trained for the purpose

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He trains the dog to rat effectively in the granary.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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