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rat

English

  1. 🔊 any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
  2. 🔊 a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
  3. 🔊 one who reveals confidential information in return for money
  4. 🔊 a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
    “only a rotter would do that”
  5. 🔊 someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
  6. 🔊 catch rats, especially with dogs
  7. 🔊 give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
  8. 🔊 employ scabs or strike breakers in
  9. 🔊 desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
  10. 🔊 take the place of work of someone on strike
  11. 🔊 give away information about somebody
    “He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 ratonero rat
  2. 🔊 rata rat, snitch, informant
  3. 🔊 rata rat, jerk (despicable person, especially who has been deceitful or disloyal)

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