rat
/ɹæt/ verb C2- To hunt or kill rats.
- To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- To backcomb (hair).
- To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities. · He ratted on his coworker.· He is going to rat us out!
He/she/it rats · Past ratted · Past participle ratted · -ing form ratting
Verb forms
- Base form
- rat
- He/she/it
- rats
- Past
- ratted
- Past participle
- ratted
- -ing form
- ratting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I’ve been cooped up two days, and I’ve spent the daylight hours—as much daylight as I could get in that rat trap—in putting the thing into words.
There was one little sallow rat-faced, dark-eyed fellow who was introduced to me as Mr.
I began to smell a rat.
“My cousin Chua, the rat, told me--” said Chuchundra, and then he stopped.
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