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ratter

ratter noun: anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.

Noun

ratter (plural ratters)

  1. Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
    • Grey cat called Snooky who was a good ratter even with his balls cut off.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), pages 90–91
    1. A rat dog.
    2. A rat terrier.
  2. One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
  3. A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs

Proper noun capitalized: Ratter

Ratter

  1. A surname.

Forms of ratter

pluralratters
alternative formrattener

Origin of ratter

From rat + -er.

Words that rhyme with ratter

10 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about ratter

What does ratter mean?
Ratter means anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
What part of speech is ratter?
Ratter can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ratter?
The plural of ratter is ratters.

Words near ratter in the dictionary

  1. rattener
  2. ratteners
  3. rattening
  4. rattenings
  5. rattens
  6. ratter
  7. ratteries
  8. Ratterree
  9. Ratterrees
  10. ratters
  11. rattery

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