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noun

• A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.

• Any of the numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) that resemble true rats in appearance, usually having a pointy snout, a long, bare tail, and body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.

• A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.

  Example: What a rat, leaving us stranded here!

• An informant or snitch.

• A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.

• A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.

  Example: 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.

• Vagina.

  Example: Get your rat out.

• Short for muskrat.

verb

• (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray a person or party, especially by telling their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.

  Example: He is going to rat us out!

• To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.

• (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.

noun

• A scratch or a score.

• A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.

verb

• To scratch or score.

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

• To tear, rip, rend.

  Example: Ratted to shreds.

• Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.

noun

• A ration.