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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rat on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tattle, squeal about (someone)
    • Who you protecting, you dumb asshole? A stoolie who rats on his own friends? 1984 May 23, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, Sergio Leone, Once Upon a Time in America, spoken by Beefy (Frank Gio), Regency Enterprises & The Ladd Company, distributed by Warner Bros. & Titanus:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ratted on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ratted on Tense=Past lexicographic
ratting on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rats on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Synonyms

tell on