to rat
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9.9
- verb
- /ræt/
- Archaic
:
poner relleno en el cabello
- Jackie Kennedy always took time to rat her hair before public events.
Examples
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Jackie Kennedy, our first lady, even rats her hair.
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Rat your hair if you like, and hairspray it or use a serum to get all the little hairs down.
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You will "rat" it up.
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...you rat up, you don't rat down.
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...you rat up, you don't rat down.
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Before the party, she decided to rat her hair for extra volume.
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To achieve her desired look, she needs to rat her hair using a special pad.
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
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8.6
To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust
Compounds
- Offensive
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9.9
An insulting word for a person from a poor neighborhood who behaves in a rough or criminal way
- US
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8.0
A small hopping animal that lives in deserts, often in North America and Mexico, and eats seeds
- US
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6.3
A small desert animal like a mouse that hops on long hind legs and has a long tail
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2.3
A small dark animal like a large mouse that lives near people and often carries disease
- South African
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9.9
A small burrowing mammal from western Africa that lives in underground colonies
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7.3
A small almost hairless African animal that lives underground in large groups like ants
- Offensive
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9.0
An insulting name for a person thought to be very bad and not to be trusted
- US
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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
How Voluminous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rat as a verb for hair styling comes from the hair pad called a rat, so to rat your hair is to put a small pad or roll under the hair to make it look fuller.