rat
noun
[ rat ]
• a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.
• a despicable person, especially a man who has been deceitful or disloyal.
• "her rat of a husband cheated on her"
Similar:
scoundrel,
wretch,
rogue,
beast,
pig,
swine,
bastard,
creep,
louse,
snake,
snake in the grass,
bum,
lowlife,
scumbag,
heel,
skunk,
dog,
weasel,
scrote,
rat fink,
sleeveen,
dingo,
cad,
rotter,
bounder,
shit,
• a person who is associated with or frequents a specified place.
• "LA mall rats"
• a pad used to give shape and fullness to a woman's hair.
rat
exclamation
• used to express mild annoyance or irritation.
Similar:
damn,
damnation,
blast,
hell,
heck,
Gordon Bennett,
bother,
drat,
sugar,
botheration,
flip,
flipping heck/hell,
dash,
blooming heck/hell,
blinking heck/hell,
doggone it,
shucks,
shoot,
tarnation,
arré,
confound it,
pish,
rat
verb
• hunt or kill rats.
• "we would always take a terrier when we fished and the terrier ratted away"
• desert one's party, side, or cause.
• "many of the clans rallied to his support, others ratted and joined the King's forces"
• shape (hair) with a special pad.
Origin:
Old English ræt, probably of Romance origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French rat . The verb dates from the early 19th century.
