rat
rat
- n any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- n someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- n a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
kill the rat - n one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- n a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- v desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- v employ scabs or strike breakers in
- v take the place of work of someone on strike
- v give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- v catch rats, especially with dogs
- v give away information about somebody
- Bombay's health department, by using some statistical mumbo jumbo, had concluded that the city's rat population was 3,200,000 and that each rat's gnawing cost ten rupees ($3.
- The only species of rat (of the four-legged variety, anyway) that lives in New York City is the Rattus norvegicus, also known as the Norway rat or the brown rat.
- Later, when a rat named Grigory fails to adequately signal the presence of one of the dummy mines, Emmanuel withholds his reward.