1
as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
the drug mule refused to turn rat without a guarantee of immunity
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2
as in lover
someone who regularly spends time in a particular place
on Friday night the mall rats were out in full force
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3
as in bastard
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
no one can understand what she finds appealing in a rat like him
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as in to leak
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Recent Examples of rat
Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Turning Red on Disney+ Ratatouille The 2007 film Ratatouille is about a rat named Remy (Patton Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef.
—Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Her rats' playfulness motivated her and eased feeling of loneliness, while her cats' soothing weight on her chest calmed her anxiety.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Roughly half of all the mammal species on the planet are rodents such as rats, mice, squirrels, and hamsters and they are found on every single continent except for Antarctica.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Verb
When tested in rats with cranial bone defects, the results were striking.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
Watch Turning Red on Disney+ Ratatouille The 2007 film Ratatouille is about a rat named Remy (Patton Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef.
—Sydni Ellis, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Her rats' playfulness motivated her and eased feeling of loneliness, while her cats' soothing weight on her chest calmed her anxiety.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Roughly half of all the mammal species on the planet are rodents such as rats, mice, squirrels, and hamsters and they are found on every single continent except for Antarctica.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rat
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Supporting characters also left their mark, most notably Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear, the streetwise informant who balanced comic relief with genuine charm.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 1985, Tortora was accused by several alleged ex-mobsters turned informants and state witnesses of being part of a Neapolitan crime syndicate dedicated to drug trafficking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is, actually, another category of nail lovers that has emerged in recent years, and those are people who swear by temporary press-ons.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Four Seasons Napa Valley For wine lovers and those who love them, any time is a great time to visit Napa Valley.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The study, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that global carbon storage capacity was 10 times less than previous estimates after ruling out geological formations where the gas could leak, trigger earthquakes or contaminate groundwater, or had other limitations.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some breastfeeding parents leak every few hours, while others leak every few minutes.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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Frizer and Skeres were fraudsters, and the sinister Poley was an informer, crucial to the exposure of the Babington Plot.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Option 2: If one prisoner informs while the other stays silent, the informer will go free while the silent one receives the harshest sentence.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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The World Athletics website has live results and a full schedule for fans to keep up with.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This is part of a business model that has worked for TCU’s regular-season record, but increasingly frustrates fans who want to see a decent matchup in September.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Robotic dogs and militant imagery stand in for violence and human invention turned destructive.—
David Hochman,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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In Toledo, a misread contributed to a Black man being mauled by a police K-9 dog after a traffic stop.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Schweigert emphasized the importance of talking slowly, before sending participants back to the breakrooms to reintroduce themselves with a more deliberate pace.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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When Zuckerberg started talking, Boz's glasses began displaying subtitles.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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The record number of defaults is a canary in the coal mine for large-scale economic problems, the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) warned.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Black women are the canary in the coal mine on the health of the economy.—
Marianne Cooper,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rat. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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