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/ɹæt/ · noun
Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches..
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Near-synonyms: rouge, scoundrel, snake; see also Thesaurus:villain
rat bastard
What a rat, leaving us stranded here!
He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
"Ah, so you damn rat, this is a put-up job eh?"
Our teenager has become a mall rat.
He loved hockey and was a devoted rink rat.
Use rat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rat means Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches..
Common synonyms include tell on, to finger, put the finger on, bewray.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
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