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[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun rat has 5 senses

1. rat(n = noun.animal) - any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse;
is a kind of gnawer, rodent
has particulars: pocket rat, brown rat, norway rat, rattus norvegicus, black rat, rattus rattus, roof rat, bandicoot rat, mole rat, jerboa rat, oryzomys palustris, rice rat
Derived forms verb rat₅, adjective ratty₃

2. rat(n = noun.person) blackleg, scab, strikebreaker - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike;
is a kind of worker
Derived forms verb rat₃, verb rat₂

3. rat(n = noun.person) bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot - 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'"
is a kind of disagreeable person, unpleasant person
Derived form verb rat₁

4. rat(n = noun.person) betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money;
is a kind of informant, source
has particulars: canary, fink, sneak, sneaker, snitch, snitcher, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, copper's nark, nark, grass, supergrass
Derived form verb rat₆

5. rat(n = noun.artifact) - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure;
is a kind of pad
is a part of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
Derived form verb rat₄

Verb rat has 6 senses

1. rat(v = verb.social) - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage;
is one way to defect, desert
Derived forms noun rat₃, noun ratter₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

2. rat(v = verb.social) - employ scabs or strike breakers in;
is one way to employ, engage, hire
Derived forms noun rat₂, noun ratter₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

3. rat(v = verb.social) blackleg, fink, scab - take the place of work of someone on strike;
is one way to do work, work
Derived forms noun rat₂, noun ratter₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

4. rat(v = verb.contact) - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat;
is one way to fill out, pad
Derived form noun rat₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

5. rat(v = verb.contact) - catch rats, especially with dogs;
is one way to capture, catch
Derived forms noun rat₁, noun ratter₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

6. rat(v = verb.communication) betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
is one way to inform
Derived forms noun rat₄, noun ratter₁, noun ratting₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

rat, n. [AS. ræt; akin to D. rat, OHG. rato, ratta, G. ratte, ratze, OLG. ratta, LG. & Dan. rotte, Sw. råtta, F. rat, Ir. & Gael radan, Armor. raz, of unknown origin. Cf. Raccoon.].

1. One of several species of small rodents of the genus Rattus (formerly included in Mus) and allied genera, of the family Muridae, distinguished from mice primarily by being larger. They infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the Norway rat, also called brown rat, (Rattus norvegicus formerly Mus decumanus), the black rat (Rattus rattus formerly Mus rattus), and the roof rat (formerly Mus Alexandrinus, now included in Rattus rattus). These were introduced into America from the Old World. The white rat used most commonly in laboratories is primarily a strain derived from Rattus rattus. [1913 Webster]

2. A round and tapering mass of hair, or similar material, used by women to support the puffs and rolls of their natural hair. [1913 Webster]

3. One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union. [1913 Webster]
" “It so chanced that, not long after the accession of the house of Hanover, some of the brown, that is the German or Norway, rats, were first brought over to this country (in some timber as is said); and being much stronger than the black, or, till then, the common, rats, they in many places quite extirpated the latter. The word (both the noun and the verb to rat) was first, as we have seen, leveled at the converts to the government of George the First, but has by degrees obtained a wider meaning, and come to be applied to any sudden and mercenary change in politics.” Lord Mahon." Lord Mahon. [1913 Webster]

Bamboo rat (Zoöl.), any Indian rodent of the genus Rhizomys. -- Beaver rat, Coast rat. (Zoöl.) See under Beaver and Coast. -- Blind rat (Zoöl.), the mole rat. -- Cotton rat (Zoöl.), a long-haired rat (Sigmodon hispidus), native of the Southern United States and Mexico. It makes its nest of cotton and is often injurious to the crop. -- Ground rat. See Ground Pig, under Ground. -- Hedgehog rat. See under Hedgehog. -- Kangaroo rat (Zoöl.), the potoroo. -- Norway rat (Zoöl.), the common brown rat. See Rat. -- Pouched rat. (Zoöl.) (a) See Pocket Gopher, under Pocket. (b) Any African rodent of the genus Cricetomys. Rat Indians (Ethnol.), a tribe of Indians dwelling near Fort Ukon, Alaska. They belong to the Athabascan stock. -- Rat mole. (Zoöl.) See Mole rat, under Mole. -- Rat pit, an inclosed space into which rats are put to be killed by a dog for sport. -- Rat snake (Zoöl.), a large colubrine snake (Ptyas mucosus) very common in India and Ceylon. It enters dwellings, and destroys rats, chickens, etc. -- Spiny rat (Zoöl.), any South American rodent of the genus Echinomys. -- To smell a rat. See under Smell. -- Wood rat (Zoöl.), any American rat of the genus Neotoma, especially Neotoma Floridana, common in the Southern United States. Its feet and belly are white.

rat, v. i.

1. 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. [1913 Webster]
"Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having ratted, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his early days." [1913 Webster]

2. To catch or kill rats. [1913 Webster]

3. To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an associate); to squeal; -- used commonly in the phrase to rat on. [PJC]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

rat, n. & v.
--n.
1 a any of several rodents of the genus Rattus (brown rat). b any similar rodent (muskrat; water-rat).
2 a deserter from a party, cause, difficult situation, etc.; a turncoat (from the superstition that rats desert a sinking ship).
3 colloq. an unpleasant person.
4 a worker who refuses to join a strike, or who blacklegs.
5 (in pl.) sl. an exclamation of contempt, annoyance, etc.
--v.intr. (ratted, ratting)
1 (of a person or dog) hunt or kill rats.
2 colloq. desert a cause, party, etc.
3 (foll. by on) a betray; let down. b inform on.

Idiom:
rat-catcher a person who rids buildings of rats etc. rat kangaroo Austral. any of various small ratlike marsupials of the family Potoroidae, having kangaroo-like hind limbs for jumping. rat race a fiercely competitive struggle for position, power, etc. rat's tail a thing shaped like a rat's tail, e.g. a tapering cylindrical file. rat-tail
1 the grenadier fish.
2 a horse with a hairless tail.
3 such a tail. rat-tail (or -tailed) spoon a spoon with a tail-like moulding from the handle to the back of the bowl.

Etymology:
OE r{aelig}t & OF rat

[ROGET DICTIONARY]

Tergiversation

N tergiversation, change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose, afterthought, tergiversation, recantation, palinode, palinody, renunciation, abjuration, abjurement, defection, going over, apostasy, retraction, retractation, withdrawal, disavowal, revocation, revokement, reversal, repentance, redintegratio amoris, coquetry, vacillation, backsliding, volte-face, turn coat, turn tippet, rat, apostate, renegade, convert, pervert, proselyte, deserter, backslider, blackleg, crawfish, scab, mugwump, recidivist, time server, time pleaser, timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter, weathercock, Janus, changeful, irresolute, ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving, coquetting, revocatory, reactionary, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream.

VB change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish, crawl, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.

Disclosure

VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.