ratted

Verb (1)

rat (third-person singular simple present rats, present participle ratting, simple past and past participle ratted)

1. (usually) To hunt or kill rats.
2. (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
3. (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
4. (US) To backcomb (hair).
   • In 1962, the higher a girl's hair was ratted the more available she was, it was simply understood.2021, Rickie Lee Jones, Last Chance Texaco, Grove Press, published 2022, page 31
5. (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
   • He ratted on his coworker.

Verb (2)

rat (third-person singular simple present rats, present participle ratting, simple past and past participle ratted)

1. (regional) To scratch or score.
   • He ratted a vertical line on his face with a pocket knife.

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