rat

Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.

(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

(informal)A person who is known for betrayal.

Near-synonyms: rouge, scoundrel, snake; see also Thesaurus:villain

rat bastard

What a rat, leaving us stranded here!

Đồng nghĩa: fink, ratfink, betrayer, snake in the grass, quisling, traitor, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant, renegade, serpent, snake, snake in the grass, swike, traitor, treacher, treacherer, treasonist, turntippet, withersake, wolf in sheep's clothing, rouge, scoundrel, snake, antimodel, bad guy, baddie, bastard, beggar, blackguard, bounder, cad, coistril, evildoer, fustilarian, harlot, heavy, knave, lidderon, makeshift, miscreant, ne'er-do-well, niding, nithing, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, scab, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, thug, undesirable, varlet, villain

(informal)An informant or snitch.

Đồng nghĩa: fink, ratfink, stool pigeon, abaddon, accuser, beefer, bewrayer, bigmouth, blabber, blabtale, blabtongue, canary, CI, finger, fink, fizgig, gossip, grass, informant, informer, jurat, leak, mole, narc, nark, nonce, outer, peacher, quisling, rat, ratfink, rooster, sneak, snitch, snout, squealer, state's evidence, stooge, stool pigeon, stoolie, supergrass, sycophant, tattler, tattletale, telltale tit, telltale, tout, whistleblower

(informal)A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.

Đồng nghĩa: fink, ratfink, blackleg, knobstick, scalie

(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.

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

A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.

(UK, slang, vulgar)(UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.

Get your rat out.

Đồng nghĩa: beaver, pussy, axe wound, badly packed kebab, bearded clam, beaver, beef curtains, burger, chocha, clam, cooch, coochie, coochy, cookie, coot, cooter, crack, cunny, cunt, fanny, foo-foo, front bottom, fur burger, fur pie, gash, gee, girl penis, hair pie, ham sandwich, honey hole, it, kebab, kitty, ladybits, minge, minnie, moocha, mooshoo, mott, muff, muffin, na-na, nonny, nooky, noonie, old hat, pee flap, pee-pee, pink, poontang, prat, pudendum muliebre, punani, pussy, quaint, quiff, quim, rat, roast beef, scut, slit, slot, snatch, treasures, tuppence, twat, twinkle, vadge, vagina, vajay, va-jay-jay, vulva, wee-wee, yoni

(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, informal)(chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.

Where natural marshes, or natural foods are found, are best places for raising muskrats. Louisiana and other southern states raise millions of rats, but they do not bring as good prices as northern raised ones. Delaware and Maryland have famed marshes. Other states are becoming noted for muskrat raising, also.

(regional)A scratch or a score.

(regional)(nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.

(usually)(of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.

(intransitive)To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.

(informal, intransitive)To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.

(US)(chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).

(intransitive)(intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.

He ratted on his coworker.

He is going to rat us out!

(regional)To scratch or score.

He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.

(obsolete, rare, regional)To tear, rip, rend.

Ratted to shreds.

Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.