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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
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair.
- 3noun
One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union.
- 4intransitive 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.
- 5intransitive verb
To catch or kill rats.
- 6noun
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- 7noun
a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- 8noun
one who reveals confidential information in return for money
- 9noun
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
"only a rotter would do that"
"kill the rat"
- 10noun
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
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- 11verb
give away information about somebody
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- 12verb
catch rats, especially with dogs
- 13verb
give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- 14verb
take the place of work of someone on strike
- 15verb
employ scabs or strike breakers in
- 16verb
desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
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