Wiktionary
n. (context informal English) A soldier trained to enter enemy enclosed spaces like tunnel systems to search them and eliminate and/or capture any occupants.
Wikipedia
The tunnel rats were American, Australian and New Zealander soldiers who performed underground search and destroy missions during the Vietnam War.
Later, similar teams were used by the Soviet Army during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, and the Israel Defense Forces.
Tunnel Rat is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic books and cartoon series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist and debuted in 1987.
Tunnel rat or similar can mean:
- Tunnel rat in the Vietnam War
- 1968 Tunnel Rats, a 2008 film
- Tunnel Rats (video game), a videogame based on the movie
- Tunnel Rat (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
-
Tunnel Rats (music group), an underground hip hop collective
- Tunnel Rats (album), the third album by Tunnel Rats
- A rat in a tunnel
Usage examples of "tunnel rat".
A blood-red spider the size of a tunnel rat scurried just out of reach.
You take anybody who fit the profile - tunnel rat - and sift them through the evidence.