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packrat

packrat is the alternative form of pack rat.

Meaning of pack rat

Noun

pack rat (plural pack rats)

  1. Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.
    Synonyms:
    woodrat
  2. (derogatory, informal) One who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary objects.

Verb

packrat (third-person singular simple present packrats, present participle packratting, simple past and past participle packratted)

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial) To hoard things.

Synonyms of packrat

Forms of packrat

Noun
pluralpackrats
Verb
third-person singular presentpackrats
present participlepackratting
past participlepackratted
pastpackratted

Words formed from packrat

Questions about packrat

What does packrat mean?
Packrat means to hoard things.
What is packrat the alternative form of?
Packrat is the alternative form of pack rat.
What part of speech is packrat?
Packrat is a verb.
What is the past tense of packrat?
The past tense of packrat is packratted.

Words near packrat in the dictionary

  1. packmule
  2. packmules
  3. packraft
  4. packrafting
  5. packrafts
  6. packrat
  7. packrats
  8. packratted
  9. packrattery
  10. packratting
  11. packs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: packrat (page history and authors); pack rat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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