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rat trap

rat trap is the alternative form of rattrap.

Meaning of rattrap

Noun

rattrap (plural rattraps)

  1. A device (trap) used to catch rats.
    • ... the whole world with its lands and seas, its cities and villages - was nothing but a big rattrap. It had never existed for any other purpose than to set baits for people. It offered riches and joys, shelter and food, heat and clothing, exactly as the rattrap offered cheese and pork, and as soon...(Can we date this quote?), Selma Lagerlöf, The Rattrap
  2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
  3. A difficult, entangling situation.
  4. A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.

Forms of rat trap

pluralrat traps

Questions about rat trap

What is rat trap the alternative form of?
Rat trap is the alternative form of rattrap.

Words near rat trap in the dictionary

  1. rat terrier
  2. rat terriers
  3. RAT test
  4. RAT tests
  5. rat through
  6. rat trap
  7. rat traps
  8. rat tribe
  9. rat virus
  10. rat wall
  11. rat walls

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