Meaning of rat | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of rapid antigen test.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Razajerdi
3. The first of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.
4. 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.
5. A scratch or a score.
   regional
6. A ration.
   slang
7. Initialism of Rapid Area Transit.
   abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
8. 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
9. A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
10. To puff out (the hair) with or as if with a pad of material.
11. A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
    regional
12. Initialism of ram air turbine.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
13. A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus
14. Slang To reveal incriminating or embarrassing information about (someone), especially to a person in authority: ratted out the vandals to the school principal.
    Slang
15. A person who is known for betrayal.
    informal
16. Initialism of remote-access Trojan.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
17. An informant or snitch.
    informal
18. A person who is known for betrayal
19. the fierce, unending competition for success etc. malle gejaag سِباق الجِرْذان: منافَسَة شَرِسَه على المالِ والنَّجاح луда надпревара concorrência desenfreada honba za úspěchem harter Konkurrenzkampf rotteræs 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 lífsgæðaka...
    etc
20. Initialism of relevant alternatives theory.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
21. An informant or snitch
22. A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
    informal
23. to have a feeling that something is not as it should be; to have suspicions. يَتَشَكَّك، يَرْتاب подушвам нещо нередно desconfiar větřit něco Lunte riechen fatte mistanke 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 nojaus...
24. A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
    slang
25. rata.
26. A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
27. Any of various long-tailed rodents resembling mice but larger, especially one of the genus Rattus.
28. A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
29. Slang a. A despicable person, especially one who betrays or informs upon associates.
    Slang
30. Vagina, vulva.
    UK, slang, vulgar
31. A pad of material, typically hair, worn as part of a woman's coiffure to puff out her own hair.
32. Slang A person who frequently passes time at a particular place. Often used in combination: a rink rat.
    Slang
33. Ellipsis of muskrat.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
34. To hunt for or catch rats, especially with the aid of dogs.

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Examples

“Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”

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

“rat bastard”

“He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.”

“What a rat, leaving us stranded here!”

“"Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?"”

“Our teenager has become a mall rat.”

“He loved hockey and was a devoted rink rat.”

“Get your rat out.”

“I don't need no dating app to tell me if I look like crap / To tell me if I'm thin or fat, to tell me should I shave my rat / I don't need no radio, no MTV, no BBC / I just need a bubble bath to set me on a higher path”

“The price of rats began to rise and soon after the marsh froze over, spearing rats began, which was done with a one tine three-eighths inch steel rod, with a wooden handle […]”

“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.”

“With regards to the testing of his product, the initial blood analysis had come back confirming huge, distinctive nutritional superiority for Stewart's military ration pack. Given that the policy of the British Army is to be fully ready for war at the drop of a hat, he was sitting on the potential of supplying new rats for the entire army […]”

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