ALL meanings of ratting
rat
R r - noun ratting any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger. 1
- noun ratting any of various similar or related animals. 1
- noun ratting Slang. a scoundrel. 1
- noun ratting Slang. a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, especially in a time of trouble. an informer. a scab laborer. 1
- noun ratting Slang. a person who frequents a specified place: a mall rat; gym rats. 1
- noun ratting a pad with tapered ends formerly used in women's hair styles to give the appearance of greater thickness. 1
- verb without object ratting Slang. to desert one's party or associates, especially in a time of trouble. to turn informer; squeal: He ratted on the gang, and the police arrested them. to work as a scab. 1
- verb without object ratting to hunt or catch rats. 1
- verb with object ratting to dress (the hair) with or as if with a rat. 1
- idioms ratting smell a rat, to suspect or surmise treachery; have suspicion: After noting several discrepancies in his client's story, the attorney began to smell a rat. 1