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Ratting
(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.
📖 Definitions of "Ratting"
- 1
(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.
"He is going to rat us out!"
- 2
To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- 3
(of a dog, etc.) To kill rats.
- 1
To scratch or score.
"He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife."
- 2
To tear, rip, rend.
"Ratted to shreds."
- 3
Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- 1
The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
- 2
A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
- 3
Desertion of one's principles.
- 4
Working as a scab, against trade union policies.
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