rat
22
9.9
- noun
- /ræt/
- Archaic
:
almohadilla para peinado
- For extra lift, she placed a rat underneath her curls.
- wear a rat
Examples
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The hairstylist recommended using a rat to achieve the desired look for the bride.
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Freshman men were required to wear rat caps to rush parties, but could take them off upon entering buildings.
Academic text (2013) -
At the start of the 1950s, rat-cap wearing continued to be a struggling tradition.
Academic text (2013) -
Advertisement in the student newspaper advises freshman women to wear their rat caps.
Academic text (2013) -
The style change had some immediate success in promoting rat caps and reenergized upperclassmen to revise regulations.
Academic text (2013) -
She wore a stylish rat to add volume to her hair for the party.
Synonyms
18
3.6
A piece of hair worn to hide baldness or change hairstyle
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
5
9.9
An insulting word for a person from a poor neighborhood who behaves in a rough or criminal way
- US
1
8.0
A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
- US
1
6.3
A small desert animal like a mouse that hops on long hind legs and has a long tail
1
2.3
A small dark animal like a large mouse that lives near people and often carries disease
- South African
1
9.9
A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
1
7.3
A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Offensive
1
9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
- US
1
6.7
A small wild animal like a rat that lives in forests, builds nests, and often collects things
- Australian
A small animal from Australia and New Guinea that lives in water and looks like a beaver
A large shiny black snake from North America that is not venomous and eats rats and mice
- Baby Talk
A circle game where players join hands and raise them to let a child pass while another catches them
A small animal like a rat with soft thick fur and big ears that lives in the Andes
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse that lives in Florida marshes and swims
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that eats insects and carries its young in a pouch
- Indian
A large snake from South and Southeast Asia that is not poisonous and often enters buildings to catch mice
- Australian
A small Australian animal with a pouch that looks like a rat but is related to kangaroos
- Specialized
A larger female in a colony of naked mole rats who is the only one to have babies
- Australian
A small Australian animal with a pouch that looks like a rabbit-sized rat
- Specialized
A serious disease that causes fever and a rash when fleas spread bacteria to people
- Specialized
A thin metal tool with a round taper used to smooth small round holes and curves
A large harmless reddish snake from the southern United States that lives on farms and in woods
- US
A small wild animal like a mouse that lives in marsh grass and eats plants and insects
- Specialized
A small mouse-like animal with large back legs that hops and lives in burrows in the western United States
- US
A small mammal from southern South America that looks like a shrew and carries its young in a pouch
- Offensive
A harmful false idea that people who get government help are lazy or dishonest
- Offensive
An insulting name for a flying animal like a pigeon that people see as dirty or annoying
- Specialized
A small rodent like a mouse from North America with a bushy tail that collects things for its nest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rat for a hair pad probably got its name from a small bundle of hair or fur used to make the pad, and one idea is that the roll looked a bit like a little 'rat'. A helpful way to remember it is that a rat in hair is a tiny pad that gives shape and volume to a bun.