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Showing words for RATTING using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Ratting

ratting, tarting

6 Letter Words for Ratting

gratin, nritta, rating, taring, tringa

5 Letter Words for Ratting

agrin, argin, ating, gaitt, garni, giant, grain, grant, grint, intra, nigra, nitta, ratti, riant, taint, tairn, tangi, tanti, tarin, tatin, tiang, tinta, titan, titar, tragi, train, trait, trant, triga, trina

4 Letter Words for Ratting

agin, agit, agni, aint, airn, airt, anti, arni, attn, gain, gair, gait, gant, gari, garn, gart, gatt, girn, girt, gnar, gnat, gran, grat, grin, grit, inga, inta, intr, iran, nagi, naig, natr, ngai, ragi, rain, rait, rang, rant, riga, ring, rita, ritt, taig, tain, tait, tang, tari, tarn, tart, tiar, ting, tint, trag, trat, trig, trin, trit, trna

3 Letter Words for Ratting

agr, agt, ain, air, ait, ant, arg, arn, art, att, gan, gar, gat, gin, git, gra, gtt, ign, ing, int, ira, ita, nag, nar, nat, nig, nit, rag, rai, ran, rat, ria, rig, rin, rit, rna, rti, tag, tai, tan, tar, tat, tgn, tgt, tig, tin, tit, tng, tnt, tra, tri, trt

Definitions for Ratting

[1] any of several long-tailed rodents of the family Muridae, of the genus Rattus and related genera, distinguished from the mouse by being larger.
[2] any of various similar or related animals.
[3] Slang . a scoundrel.
[4] Slang . a person who abandons or betrays his or her party or associates, especially in a time of trouble. an informer. a scab laborer.
[5] Slang . a person who frequents a specified place: a mall rat; gym rats.
[6] a pad with tapered ends formerly used in women's hair styles to give the appearance of greater thickness.
[7] rats, Slang . (an exclamation of disappointment, disgust, or disbelief.)
[8] 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.
[9] to hunt or catch rats.
[10] to dress (the hair) with or as if with a rat.
[11] 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.
[12] any of numerous long-tailed murine rodents, esp of the genus Rattus , that are similar to but larger than mice and are now distributed all over the world See also brown rat, black rat
[13] informal a person who deserts his or her friends or associates, esp in time of trouble
[14] informal a worker who works during a strike; blackleg; scab
[15] slang , mainly US an informer; stool pigeon
[16] informal a despicable person
[17] smell a rat to detect something suspicious
[18] (intr usually foll by on ) informal to divulge secret information (about); betray the trust (of) to default (on); abandon he ratted on the project at the last minute
[19] to hunt and kill rats

Words related to Ratting

ratrelinquish, quit, deny, spurn, repudiate, waive, disavow, forgo, forswear, eschew, discard, disown, recant, forsake, abandon, revoke, reverse, renounce, dismiss, retract

Words nearby Ratting

ratrastafarian, rastafarianism, raster, rastle, rasure, rat, rat cheese, rat claw foot, rat guard, rat islands, rat kangaroo

Origin of Ratting

before 1000; Middle English rat(t)e, Old English ræt; cognate with Dutch rat, German Ratz, Ratte

Other words from Ratting

rat·like , adjective

Word origin for Ratting

Old English rætt ; related to Old Saxon ratta , Old High German rato

Synonyms for Ratting

disclosure, revelation, telling, blurting out, diming, giving away, snitching, spilling, squealing, tattling