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A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches

A person who routinely spends time at a particular location

He loved hockey and was a devoted rink rat.

To kill rats

{i} large long-tailed rodent that resembles a mouse; traitor, one who betrays, informer

{f} betray an accomplice to police; abandon one's associates, desert one's colleagues

- rocket constrained to fly along a line; often emitting sparks and effects

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

desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage

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'"

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

employ scabs or strike breakers in

A person who is known for betrayal; a traitor

damn, drat, curse

These were introduced into America from the Old World

one who reveals confidential information in return for money

One who deserts his party or associates; hence, in the trades, one who works for lower wages than those prescribed by a trades union

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If you smell a rat, you begin to suspect or realize that something is wrong in a particular situation, for example that someone is trying to deceive you or harm you. If I don't send a picture, he will smell a rat. Any of more than 500 forms of Asian rodent (genus Rattus, family Muridae) that have been introduced worldwide. The black rat (Rattus rattus) and the Norway rat (R. norvegicus) are the aggressive, omnivorous animals commonly associated with the name. They prefer areas of human habitation, where they can easily find food. They have keen senses and can climb, jump, burrow, or gnaw their way into seemingly inaccessible places. They reproduce extremely rapidly (up to 150 offspring a year) and have few natural predators. Rats transmit numerous human diseases and have often destroyed grain supplies. The black rat is about 8 in. (20 cm) long, excluding the slightly longer tail. The Norway rat (also called the brown, barn, sewer, or wharf rat) has proportionately smaller ears and a shorter tail. Laboratory rats are strains of the Norway rat. The name rat is applied, without scientific basis, to other rodents (e.g., kangaroo rat, wood rat). kangaroo rat rat snake wood rat pack rat

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