Definitions
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rat . - adjective UK, slang
intoxicated
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the Stockbroking firm where I worked, many years ago, a Senior Secretary got absolutely "ratted" at the Xmas party and was unceremoniously de-knickered and, dare I say it, "bonked" on the Senior Partner ` s magnificent, leather topped mahogony desk.
The Ghost Of Christmas Past (2004 in fact) Newmania 2007
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I mean, the fact of the matter is, if you look at the evidence, it ` s a lot of people who kind of ratted out people in order to save their own you-know-what.
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As one might expect, I had to invent an explanation for why I compromised my values and "ratted" out a source in the White House.
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And these older men, they did what they called "ratted" these boys.
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ETS deadline passes: Liberals 'ratted' on deal - Govt
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Winston Churchill "ratted" (switched parties) - and in due course he did it again!
WordPress.com News 2009
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When word of the Bar Mitzvah got out, the warden was criticized, the Chaplain was criticized, the person who "ratted" was criticized.
Cross-Currents 2009
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ETS deadline passes: Liberals 'ratted' on deal - Govt
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"Although this quite expresses the object of our Society, still I do not think the 'Independence Association' ought to have 'ratted' from its principles.
Great Britain and the American Civil War Ephraim Douglass Adams
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Today, he wore a droopy mustache and ratted yellow hair, looked like someone who stood on street corners and asked for spare change.
Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011
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