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rat
noun- a person who informs on or otherwise betrays compatriots UK, 1902
- [H]e stopped me at the beginning of my “pitch” to inform me, boldly and slyly, that he had been a “testifier” and that according to some people he was a rat, traitor and scoundrel. — Clancy Sigal, Going Away, p. 271, 1961
- I heard of spitters going down to Honduras and Panama to ice a rat. — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 44, 1975
- Five narcs ended up in Leavenworth over the incident, including the one who was the rat. — Gerald Petievich, To Live and Die in L.A., p. 164, 1983
- I say the plan became null and void once we found out we got a rat in the house. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- I’m not a rat. — The Usual Suspects, 1995
- At the time we didn’t know Tait was a rat working for the federales and just waiting for an excuse to fuck up the club. — Ralph “Sonny” Barger, Hell’s Angel, p. 233, 2000
- a despicable person UK, 1594
- McCarthy supporters around the country, denouncing him as “a dirty red rat”[.] — Arthur Herman, Joseph McCarthy, p. 291, 2000
- an enthusiast of the preceding activity or thing US, 1864
- RINK RAT, Skating rink enthusiast. — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Talk Dictionary, p. 31, 1945
- — Dobie Gillis Teenage Slanguage Dictionary, 1962
- Up there in Loa Jolla you get a different breed of surf rat. — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 205, 1993
- You’re one of those fucking mallrats; you don’t come to the mall to shop or work. You hang out and act like you fucking live here. — Mallrats, 1995
- Couple of young gym rats I know, hang out at the Kronk. — Elmore Leonard, Out of Sight, p. 195, 1996
- In a grim twist that could fit into one of his songs, in the past year Zevon has been a gym rat (“I was working out more than Vin Diesel,” he says) and assumed that his shortness of breath and the tightness in his chest were side effects of his regimen. — Los Angeles Times, 13 September 2002
- a railway detective US
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 125, 1977
- a prostitute BARBADOS
- — Frank A. Collymore, Barbadian Dialect, p. 91, 1965
- a neighborhood girl US
- Daphne burned me, but she was more of a trophy for a young nigga than anything else; and fucking rats on the rooftop was just that—fucking rats on a rooftop. — Earl “DMX” Simmons, E.A.R.L., p. 160, 2002
▶ like a rat up a drainpipe; like a rat up a drain
very swiftly AUSTRALIA
Often used with “up that/her”, in which case it is usually of a woman objectified in a sexual context.- [Looking at a poster of a semi-naked female model] Jeez! I could be up that like a rat up a drain! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
▶ like a rat up a rhododendron
very swiftly AUSTRALIA
A jocular variation of LIKE A RAT UP A DRAIN- Next time I see that sheilah [woman] of yours in Sydney Bazza, I’ll be up her like a rat up a rhododendron–no probs!!! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
▶ like a rat up a rope/shoreline
with great speed AUSTRALIA- [H]e soared up the steps again like a rat up a shoreline. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 209, 1945
- Yer wanner take ut easy. No use goin’ like a rat up a rope. — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 39, 1957
▶ not give a rat’s ass; not give a rat’s arse
to not care at all US- I frankly don’t give a rat’s ass — George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Doyle, p. 115, 1971
- There you go. What am I tellin’ you. Who gives a rat’s ass about writers? — Robert Campbell, Alice in La-La Land, 52 1987
- I mean, so DeBella hated Sweet? Who gives a rat’s ass about some fucking group? — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 283, 1995
- I don’t give a rat’s ass about your or your fuckin’ family. — Quentin Tarantino, From Dusk Till Dawn, p. 58, 1995
- I don’t give a rat’s ass if they’re working for Jesus Christ! — Robert Crais, L.A. Requiem, p. 44, 1999
- “I think he’s on to me too, but I don’t give a rat’s ass as long as he doesn’t try to stop me.” — Vicki Hendricks, Stormy, Mon Amour [Tart Noir], p. 42, 2002
▶ rat’s died up your arse
used of an especially noxious fart UK- “You dirty bastard, that fucking stinks,” complained The Dog. “I think a rat’s died up your arse,” roared Pyro Joe. — Garry Bushell, The Face, p. 238, 2001
- Have you dropped an apple tart [fart] or has a rat died up your Khyber pass? — Bodmin Dark, Dirty Cockney Rhyming Slang, p. 17, 2003
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