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Noun rat has 5 senses
- rat - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
--1 is a kind of rodent, gnawer, gnawing animal
--1 has particulars:
- scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
--2 is a kind of worker
- rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git - a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
--3 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
- informer, betrayer, rat, squealer, blabber - one who reveals confidential information in return for money
--4 is a kind of informant, source
--4 has particulars:
- rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
--5 is a kind of pad
--5 is a part of hairdo, hair style, coiffure
Verb rat has 6 senses
- rat - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
--1 is one way to defect, desert
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in
--2 is one way to hire, engage, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- scab, rat, blackleg - take the place of work of someone on strike
--3 is one way to work, do work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- rat - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
--4 is one way to pad, fill out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rat - catch rats, especially with dogs
--5 is one way to capture, catch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
--6 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
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