Crossword clues for ratted
ratted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rat \Rat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ratted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ratting.]
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In English politics, to desert one's party from interested motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on other conditions, than those established by a trades union.
Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having ratted, solely by his inability to follow the friends of his early days.
--De Quincey. -
To catch or kill rats.
2. To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an associate); to squeal; -- used commonly in the phrase to rat on.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 vb. (en-past of: rat) Etymology 2
(context British slang English) intoxicated
WordNet
v. desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
employ scabs or strike breakers in
take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: scab, blackleg]
give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
catch rats, especially with dogs
give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]
n. any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike [syn: scab, strikebreaker, blackleg]
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
one who reveals confidential information in return for money [syn: informer, betrayer, squealer, blabber]
a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
See rat
Usage examples of "ratted".
The DA had also requested a detailed memo on his non-UAES questionings and an update on the overall investigation--which he was late on--eyeballing Danny Upshaw’s performance had cost him an afternoon--he’d been playing operator boss while Dudley was out shaking down the Pinkos Lenny Rolff ratted on.
I sat on my heels, naked, and with the comb I went to work on my ratted hair.
Loftis did not suspect that Minear ratted him, and in no way reciprocated the finking.
Mal got scared and went for big verbal ammo: Loftis didn’t know Chaz Minear ratted him to HUAC.
I've now come to the conclusion that our Government must have known that and decided to get our men out alive, before the French ratted on them and they were left to face the whole weight of the German Army on their own, which would have meant absolute annihilation.
Whatever the English school-books may say, the school-books of the rest of the world will record that after seventeen days' fighting the Belgians ratted on the British and that after nineteen days' fighting the British ratted on the French.
Mona, her hair's ratted, back-combed, teased into a red and black bubble.
With the comb, she smooths the long blond strands over the ratted short hairs until the woman’s head is a huge fluffed bubble of blond hair.
Mona, her hair’s ratted, back-combed, teased into a red and black bubble.