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What (who) is rat - definition
SEVERAL GENERA OF RODENTS WITH COMMON NAMES SIMILAR TO "RAT"
Rats; Wererat; Were-rat; Stenomys; 🐀; Rat feces; True rat; Rat IQ; Ringie; Rat species; Rat subspecies; Species of rat; Subspecies of rat; List of rat species; Rat as food; Rats as food; Epimys; Eating rats; Rat eating; Rat-eating; Rat creature; Pet rat species; Draft:What noises do rats make?
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![[[Imperial Japan]] depicted as a rat in a [[World War II]] United States Navy propaganda poster.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alaska Death Trap.jpg?width=200 "[[Imperial Japan]] depicted as a rat in a [[World War II]] United States Navy propaganda poster.")
![Rat-catching, 1823, by [[Edwin Landseer]], engraving, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat catching etching E Landseer SLNSW.jpg?width=200 "Rat-catching, 1823, by [[Edwin Landseer]], engraving, published by Hurst, Robinson & Co.")
![diabetes]], a [[metabolic disorder]] also found among humans.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat diabetic.jpg?width=200 "diabetes]], a [[metabolic disorder]] also found among humans.")
![A rat in a [[suburb]] of [[Vancouver]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat in a suburban Vancouver driveway.jpg?width=200 "A rat in a [[suburb]] of [[Vancouver]]")
![A [[domesticated]] rat](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat shoulder.jpg?width=200 "A [[domesticated]] rat")
![Indigenous rats are allowed to run freely throughout the [[Karni Mata Temple]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rat temple.jpg?width=200 "Indigenous rats are allowed to run freely throughout the [[Karni Mata Temple]].")
![Rodent Bait Station, [[Chennai]], India](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodent Bait Station, Chennai, India.jpg?width=200 "Rodent Bait Station, [[Chennai]], India")
rat
(rats, ratting, ratted)
1.
A rat is an animal which has a long tail and looks like a large mouse.
This was demonstrated in a laboratory experiment with rats.
N-COUNT
2.
If you call someone a rat, you mean that you are angry with them or dislike them, often because they have cheated you or betrayed you. (INFORMAL)
What did you do with the gun you took from that little rat Turner?
N-COUNT [disapproval]
3.
If someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about things that you have done, especially bad things. (INFORMAL)
They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.
VERB: V on n
4.
If someone rats on an agreement, they do not do what they said they would do. (INFORMAL)
She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement.
VERB: V on n
5.
If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you.
If I don't send a picture, he will smell a rat...
PHRASE: V inflects
Rat
·vi To catch or kill rats.
II. Rat ·noun A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
III. Rat ·noun One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
IV. Rat ·vi In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
V. Rat ·noun One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway, or brown, rat (M. decumanus), the black rat (M. rattus), and the roof rat (M. Alexandrinus). These were introduced into America from the Old World.
rat
I
n.
1) the black; brown; water rat
2) (misc.) to smell a rat ('to suspect that the truth is not being told'); a dirty rat ('a contemptible person')
II
v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) ('to inform') to rat on
Wikipedia
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus Rattus. Other rat genera include Neotoma (pack rats), Bandicota (bandicoot rats) and Dipodomys (kangaroo rats).
Rats are typically distinguished from mice by their size. Usually the common name of a large muroid rodent will include the word "rat", while a smaller muroid's name will include "mouse". The common terms rat and mouse are not taxonomically specific. There are 56 known species of rats in the world.
Examples of use of rat
1. So has the creature we know as the sewer rat, the barn rat, the love rat and the lab rat evolved into a new breed of super rat?
2. "Bottom line is, if you‘re gonna become a rat, become a rat: Tell the f–––––– truth.
3. There‘s the Rat–Catcher Fountain, the Rat–Catcher House, the Rat Inn, the Rat–Catcher Hall and, of course, the local museum, which explains the historic background to the legend.
4. In the shops and restaurants, there are soft furry rats, rat spirits, rat breads and cakes and so on.
5. There will also be more "rat on a rat" campaigns, where the public are encouraged to report suspected drug dealers.