A1verb · intransitive · common

rat

rat · rats · ratted · ratting

ходити до крамниць

стучать, доносить, крысить

verraten

To hunt or kill ratsTo hunt or kill rats.

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UK/ɹat/US/ɹæt/

» A rat ran across the road.

Eine Ratte lief über die Straße. — samueldora

Дорогу перебежала крыса. — marafon

Дорогу перебіг щур. — deniko

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Meaning

9 senses

(usually)To hunt or kill rats.
catch rats, especially with dogs
(intransitive)To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
(informal, intransitive)To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
(US)To backcomb (hair).
(intransitive)To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
He ratted on his coworker.
He is going to rat us out!
verraten
стуча́тьstučátʹ, доноси́тьdonosítʹ, крыситьkrysitʹ
(regional)To scratch or score.
He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.
Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
(transitive)To hack someone with a remote-access Trojan.
(obsolete, rare, regional)To tear, rip, rend.
Ratted to shreds.

Examples

308 sentences

A rat ran across the road.
Дорогу перебіг щур. — deniko
ruДорогу перебежала крыса. — marafon
deEine Ratte lief über die Straße. — samueldora
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There are many rats on the ship.
На кораблі багато щурів. — deniko
ruНа корабле много крыс. — odexed
deEs gibt viele Ratten auf diesem Schiff. — al_ex_an_der
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A rat chewed a hole in the wall.
Щур прогриз нору в стіні. — quez
ruКрыса прогрызла дыру в стене. — Balamax
deEine Ratte hat ein Loch in die Wand genagt. — virgil
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I want to get away from the rat race.
Я хочу втекти від життєвих щурячих перегонів. — deniko
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There are a lot of rats.
Тут багато пацюків. — tikan0
ruЗдесь много крыс. — Selena777
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to tell on someone:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to tell on someone:

Origin

From Middle English raat, rat, ratt, ratte, rotte, from Old English ræt, rætt, from Proto-

From Middle English raat, rat, ratt, ratte, rotte, from Old English ræt, rætt, from Proto-West Germanic *ratt, from Proto-Germanic *rattaz, *rattō (“rat”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₃d- (“to gnaw, scrape, scratch”). However, the rat may have been unknown in Northern Europe in antiquity, and the Proto-Germanic word may have referred to a different animal; see *rattaz for more. Attestation of this family of words begins in the 12th century.

From Middle English ratten, further etymology unknown. Compare Middle Low German retten (“to tear, tear up”), Middle High German ratzen (“to scratch; rasp; tear”). Could be related to write. See also rit.

From remote-access Trojan.

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