transcription, транскрипция: [ ræt ]
( rats, ratting, ratted)
1.
A rat is an animal which has a long tail and looks like a large mouse.
This was demonstrated in a laboratory experiment with rats.
N-COUNT
2.
If you call someone a rat , you mean that you are angry with them or dislike them, often because they have cheated you or betrayed you. ( INFORMAL )
What did you do with the gun you took from that little rat Turner?
N-COUNT [ disapproval ]
3.
If someone rats on you, they tell someone in authority about things that you have done, especially bad things. ( INFORMAL )
They were accused of encouraging children to rat on their parents.
VERB : V on n
4.
If someone rats on an agreement, they do not do what they said they would do. ( INFORMAL )
She claims he ratted on their divorce settlement.
VERB : V on n
5.
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...
PHRASE : V inflects