ratting

verb

present participle of rat
as in talking

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratting
  1. talking
  2. betraying
  3. informing
  4. exposing
  5. warning
  6. telling
  7. disclosing
  8. squealing
Verb
  • About half of the inmates are never identified by name onscreen and aren’t featured in talking-head interviews.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Moderna and Merck are talking with regulatory authorities about next steps for seeking approval of the vaccine.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • Rose came to believe that Kloak had actually been sent by its masters to surveil her but was now betraying them.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The coalition collapsed in 2022, leaving many former supporters accusing him of betraying his electoral promises.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of betraying
Verb
  • While generative AI creates content, agentic AI can execute tasks and pursue objectives, moving AI from informing work to increasingly performing it.
    — Jo Debecker, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Ukraine's Ministry of Defense sources said SpaceX had unilaterally imposed the Starshield restrictions without informing them beforehand.
    — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Rashida Jones and Will McCormack wrote the screenplay for the film that follows two couples at a dinner party that turns into an unpredictable evening exposing messy relationships and desires.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, companies like 1Password are adding new systems for approving agent log ins without exposing user passwords.
    — Marty Swant, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of exposing
Verb
  • And last year, the Justice Department sent a letter of warning to leaders in Asheville and Buncombe County, North Carolina, contemplating creating their own programs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The League of Women Voters of Alaska and Common Cause filed separately, warning that the DOJ’s demand to investigate voter intent presents severe constitutional hazards.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of warning
Verb
  • Using such guidelines as the standard is reasonable, which is exactly what makes his handling of them so telling.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • One invective accuses the directors of destroying the truth-telling potential of documentary.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • It was made plain that anyone disclosing the destruction of 007, in a missile attack on a remote island, would earn a visit from a tarantula, or worse.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Robinhood is disclosing its participation for the first time, joining high-profile backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, and Founders Fund.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of disclosing
Verb
  • This time of year, the ranch’s Duroc, Hampshire and Berkshire cross hogs are paddocked along a slough, grunting and squealing under the canopy of oak and walnut trees.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Each of its elements began, long ago, in the loamy earth, hatching and creeping or slipping, slick and squealing, from the womb of the mind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of squealing
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