rats

Speech parts

1. rats - Noun

2. rats - Verb

3. rats - Interjection

Meaning

rats

plural of rat

(informal) Expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn. [from 1886]

(informal) Expression of disbelief.

rats

third-person singular simple present indicative of rat

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

canaries ugh bugger fie mice faugh pond scum

Phrases with the word

like rats from a sinking ship literal rats attraction to mice and rats fear of mice and rats fear of rats morbid fear of rats

Anagrams

sart star tsar arts RAST srat Srta TSRA

Examples

Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly. Roger Ebert

Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats. Paul Bloom

The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures. Frans de Waal

If you are too sparing with the cat's food, the rats will eat your ears. Lebanese Proverb

Rats desert a sinking ship. English Proverb

Two rats cannot share the same hole. Zimbabwe Proverb

Close letter words and terms

ratooner ratpox ratproof ratsbane ratsbaned ratshit