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rat pit

rat pit noun: an enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport.

Noun

rat pit (plural rat pits)

  1. (historical) An enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport.
  2. (informal) A dreadful place.
    • Kurrell looked round the rat-pit of Kashima and made no reply.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 73

Forms of rat pit

pluralrat pits

Questions about rat pit

What does rat pit mean?
Rat pit means an enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport.
What part of speech is rat pit?
Rat pit is a noun.
What is the plural of rat pit?
The plural of rat pit is rat pits.

Words near rat pit in the dictionary

  1. rat moles
  2. rat on
  3. rat out
  4. rat pack
  5. rat packs
  6. rat pit
  7. rat pits
  8. rat poison
  9. rat poisons
  10. Rat Portage
  11. rat printing office

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