rat

rat is a 3-letter English word with 16 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 3 · Words With Friends 3 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. 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.
2. noun. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
3. 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.
4. intransitive verb. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To catch or kill rats.
6. noun. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
7. noun. a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
8. noun. one who reveals confidential information in return for money

   Synonyms: betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer

9. noun. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"

   "kill the rat"

   Synonyms: bum, crumb, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot

10. noun. someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

    Synonyms: blackleg, scab, strikebreaker

11. verb. give away information about somebody

    "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

    Synonyms: betray, denounce, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag

12. verb. catch rats, especially with dogs
13. verb. give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
14. verb. take the place of work of someone on strike

    Synonyms: blackleg, fink, scab

15. verb. employ scabs or strike breakers in
16. verb. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

Synonyms

betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer, bum, crumb, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, blackleg, scab, strikebreaker, betray, denounce, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, fink

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rat:

art, tar, tra

Common word forms

rats, ratal, rated, rater, rates, rating, ratted, ratter, ratable, ratting

Words from these letters

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