rats

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See also: Rats, RATs, and 'rats

English

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Noun

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rats

  1. plural of rat

Interjection

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rats

  1. (informal) Expression of annoyance or disgust; damn, darn. [from 1886]
  2. (informal) Expression of disbelief.
    • 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:
      "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."

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Verb

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rats

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rat

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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rats

  1. plural of rat

Danish

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Noun

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rats n

  1. indefinite genitive singular of rat
  2. indefinite genitive plural of rat

Dutch

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Etymology

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Clipping of ratjetoe.

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Noun

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rats m (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A dish consisting of a hodgepodge of (leftover) vegetables and mashed potatoes, associated with soldiers.
    Synonym: hutspot

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French

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rats m

  1. plural of rat

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Latgalian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *retas. Cognates include Latvian rets and Lithuanian retas.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrat͡s]
  • Hyphenation: rats

Adjective

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rats

  1. rare

Declension

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References

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  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Latvian

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Stūres rats (1)
Dzirnavu rats (1)
Rati (2)

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ret(h), *rot(h). Cognates include Lithuanian rãtas (wheel), Sanskrit रथ (ratha, chariot), Old High German rad (wheel) (German Rad (wheel)), Latin rota (wheel) (Portuguese roda, Spanish rueda, Italian ruota, Romanian roată, French roue), Albanian rreth (hoop, circle, wheel rim).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rats m (1st declension)

  1. wheel (circular device that rotates on its axis)
    stūres ratssteering wheel
    dzirnavu ratsmillwheel
    spara rats, spararatsflywheel
    ķēdes pārvada ratschain wheel
    laimes ratsthe wheel of fortune
    pagriezt atpakaļ , apturēt vēstures ratuto turn back, to stop the wheel of history
  2. (only plural) cart, carriage (small wheeled vehicle drawn by animals)
    jūgt zirgu ratosto harness a horse to a cart
    vienjūga, divjūga ratia one-, a two-horse cart or carriage
    smagie ratiheavy cart
    rati ar gumijas riteņiema cart with rubber wheels

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “rats”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Noun

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rats

  1. nominative plural of rat