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rats¹

  • /ɹæts/

Rhymes with -æts

noun

  1. plural plural of rat

interjection

  1. informal An expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn.

    Similar: nuggets

  2. informal An expression of disbelief. "It's damned clever — fair puzzles 'em every time. How d'ye get them?" "I tell you I don't. It's outside myself." "Rats! You can tell me, Tom. I'm Griffiths, the safe man."

verb

  1. indicative, informal, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of rat

RATs²

noun

  1. plural plural of RAT

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: skunk, stag, blackleg, grass, crumb, peach, scab, shit, bum, stinker, puke, squealer, lowlife, rotter, betrayer, tell on

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intj damn, darn

Españoldiablos
Portuguêscaraças
Françaiszut, flute, peste
Italianocribbio

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@misc{rats_2026,
  title = {rats},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rats},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}