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rats en · INTJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹæts/

Meanings

  1. (informal) An expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn.
  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." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

Synonyms

nuggets

Translations (15)

gl corno (damn, darn) · fr flute (damn, darn) · fr zut (damn, darn) · nl verdorie (damn, darn) · pt caraças (damn, darn) · it cribbio (damn, darn) · fr peste (damn, darn) · gl concho (damn, darn) · es diablos (damn, darn) · sv tusan (damn, darn) · fi hitto (damn, darn) · la maledictiōnēs (damn, darn) · gl carai (damn, darn) · ca maledicció (damn, darn) · pl kurde (damn, darn)

rats en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹæts/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of rat
    form of rat

rats en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ɹæts/

Meanings

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

Relateds

give a rats