2syllables
ratting
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Definitions ofratting
1verb
- (usually with “on” or “out”) To betray a person or party, especially by telling their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in.
Example: "He is going to rat us out!"
- To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
1verb
- To scratch or score.
Example: "He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife."
- To tear, rip, rend.
Example: "Ratted to shreds."
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
1noun
- The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
- A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
- Desertion of one's principles.
- Working as a scab, against trade union policies.
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