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rat

/rat/

US pronunciation

American sound/rat/

rat

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> rat

Myanmar meaning

(n) ကြွက်။ သစ္စာဖောက်။ (v) ကြွက်များကို လိုက်လံဖမ်းဆီးသည်။ ကတိဖျက်သည်။

Full entry

rat /ræt/ n

၁။ မြေကြွက်။ ကြွက်။
၂။ (infml derog ) (က) သစ္စာဖောက်သူ။ You rat! How can you lie to your own wife?
(ခ) မသတီစရာကောင်းသူ။
v (-tt- ) (infml ) (က) ~ (on sth) ကတိဖျက်သည်။ They accused the government of rattting on their commitment to provide more housing. (ခ) ~ (on sb) ဖော်ကောင် လုပ်သည်။ သစ္စာဖောက်သည်။ He threatened to rat on his own brother!
❏ the rat race n [sing] (infml derog ) ကြီးပွားချမ်းသာ လိုဇောဖြင့် သူ့ထက်ငါ အနိုင်လုနေသောလောက။ get caught up in/ get out of the rat race.
❏ rats interj (dated infml ) (ဒုက္ခပါပဲစသည်ဖြင့် စိတ်တို၍ ညည်းညူသောစကား)။ Oh rats! I've for gotten my keys.
❏ ratter n ကြွက်လိုက်ကောင်းသော ကြောင် (သို့) ခွေး။ Terriers are good ratters.

More examples

The house was infested with rats.
Diseases spread by rats
Rat poison

Synonyms

scoundrel, louse, good-for-nothing, parasite, rascal, rogue, abstain from, apostacize, backstabber, be against, betrayer, blabbermouth, blow the whistle, bring round, canary, change sides, charge with, charged with, deep throat, default, defect, denounce, denunciate, divorce oneself from, double cross, double-crosser, doublecross, fall away from, fink, fly in face of, fly in the face of, give up, go back on, go over the fence, hang something on, informant, informer, inveigh against, leave flat, leave town, meet under arch, nixing, peach, play false, put on the cuff, ratting, renounce, repudiate, run out on, running out on, see in the alley, sell down the river, sell one's soul, sell out, sing, skip out on, sneak, snitch, source, squealer, stab in back, stool pigeon, stoolie, swear off, swine, take a walk, take the pledge, take to task, talk, talk into, tattler, tattletale, tergiverse, took the pledge, toss over, traitor, turn, turn coat, turncoat, wash hands of, wash one's hands of, welch, whistle-blower

Cross references

scoundrel louse good-for-nothing parasite rascal rogue abstain from apostacize backstabber be against betrayer blabbermouth blow the whistle bring round canary change sides charge with charged with deep throat default defect denounce denunciate divorce oneself from double cross double-crosser doublecross fall away from

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