rat
Oxford 5000 vocabulary |B2|ACRONYMrat /ræt/ noun [countable]
rat verb (past tense and past participle ratted, present participle ratting) [intransitive]
موش؛ خبرچین
موش صحرایی، آدم موش صفت، موش گرفتن، کشتن، دسته خود را ترک کردن، خیانت
rat[noun]Synonyms: renegade, apostate, defector, recreant, runagate, tergiversator, turnabout, turncoat, snot, cur, dog, louse, prick, scum, *shithead, skunk, snake, toad
[verb]Synonyms: defect, apostatize, desert, renounce, repudiate, tergiversate, tergiverse, turn, inform, nark, peach, pimp, sing, snitch, squeak, squeal, stool
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. rat1 /ræt/
noun [countable][
Language: Old English;
Origin: ræt]
1. an animal that looks like a large mouse with a long tail
2. spoken someone who has been disloyal to you or deceived you:
But you promised to help us, you rat!3. look like a drowned rat to look very wet and uncomfortable
4. (like) rats leaving the sinking ship used to describe people who leave a company, organization etc when it is in trouble
⇒
rat race,
rats, ⇒
smell a rat at
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[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. rat2 verb (
past tense and past participle ratted,
present participle ratting)
[intransitive] informal1. if someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about something wrong that you have done
Synonym : grass onrat on They’ll kill you if they find out you’ve ratted on them!2. British English to not do what you had promised to do
Synonym : go back on,
renege onrat on He accused the government of ratting on its promises to the disabled.rat somebody ↔ out American English informal if someone rats you out, they are disloyal to you, especially by telling someone in authority about something wrong that you have done:
You can’t rat out your teammates. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲