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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: rat

1
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any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
catch rats, especially with dogs
2
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a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
give away information about somebody
3
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a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
4
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someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
employ scabs or strike breakers in
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: rat
1

n any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse

Types:
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pocket rat
any of various rodents with cheek pouches
Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, brown rat
common domestic rat; serious pest worldwide
Rattus rattus, black rat, roof rat
common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide
bandicoot rat, mole rat
burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon
jerboa rat
large Australian rat with hind legs adapted for leaping
Oryzomys palustris, rice rat
hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
wharf rat
brown rat that infests wharves
sewer rat
brown rat commonly found in sewers
kangaroo mouse
leaping rodent of Australian desert areas
pocket mouse
any of various small nocturnal burrowing desert rodents with cheek pouches and long hind legs and tail
Dipodomys phillipsii, desert rat, kangaroo rat
any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico; largest members of the family Heteromyidae
dwarf pocket rat, kangaroo mouse
small silky-haired pouched rodent; similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats
gopher, pocket gopher, pouched rat
burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
Type of:
gnawer, rodent
relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

v catch rats, especially with dogs

Type of:
capture, catch
capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping
2

n a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

“kill the rat”
Synonyms:
bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot
Type of:
disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable

n one who reveals confidential information in return for money

Synonyms:
betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer
Types:
canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon
someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
copper's nark, nark
an informer or spy working for the police
grass, supergrass
a police informer who implicates many people
Type of:
informant, source
a person who supplies information

v give away information about somebody

Synonyms:
betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on
Types:
sell out
give information that compromises others
Type of:
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to

v desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

Type of:
defect, desert
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
3

n a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure

Type of:
pad
a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort

v give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat

Type of:
fill out, pad
line or stuff with soft material
4

n someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

Synonyms:
blackleg, scab, strikebreaker
Type of:
worker
a person who works at a specific occupation

v employ scabs or strike breakers in

Type of:
employ, engage, hire
engage or hire for work

v take the place of work of someone on strike

Synonyms:
blackleg, fink, scab
Type of:
do work, work
be employed
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