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Rat is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like scab or pad. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Rat meaning

  1. Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
  2. A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
  3. A person who is known for betrayal.

Synonyms of Rat

scab blackleg pad bum stinkpot stinker skunk dirty dog rotter worker strikebreaker gnawing animal gnawer rodent puke

Related words

Other words often associated with Rat or its synonyms:

crumb git lowlife placental work fink thing doer chintzy foliage launchpad somebody

Using Rat

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches. | A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus. | A person who is known for betrayal.
  • Useful related words include: scab, blackleg, pad, bum.
  • In the example corpus, rat often appears in combinations such as: the rat, rat race, rat and.

Context around Rat

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

black 6× brown 2× norway 2× river 1× known 1× ratz 1× city 1× guided 1× robo 1× bush 1×

Often after:

rattus 4× race 2× species 1× apparently 1× struggling 1× popularly 1× now 1× plays 1× breeding 1× city 1×

Sentence patterns with Rat

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a and rat b programs 1× a black rat rattus rattus 1× a brown rat rattus norvegicus 1× a city rat struggling to 1× a live rat and if 1× a local rat breeding and 1× a rat apparently with 1× a river rat a rat 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a clip from 1× a rat apparently 1× a remotely guided 1× all other habitat 1× bailey the owner 1× by giant rat 1×

Common sentence endings:

a polar bear 1× animal foster said 1× dead of winter 1× debts around lusaka 1× dubbed arugula rat 1× floors and roof 1×

Words around Rat

Just before it in the word index:

raszageth 2 raswa 4 rasuwagadhi 2 rasulo 2 rasulids 2 rasulgarh 2

Just after it in the word index:

rata 19 ratably 4 ratajkowski 32 ratan 33 ratana 10 ratanak 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

complement 787 hikes 787 kardashian 787 maiden 787 monitors 787 nfc 787

Corpus analysis for Rat

  • In this selection, "rat" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, black, brown, norway, rattus, race and species stand out and add context to how "rat" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a and rat b programs, a black rat rattus rattus, rat pack and rat populations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rat" sits close to words such as complement, hikes and kardashian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rat

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I even took rat n rat. (6 words)

By giant rat, I mean a rat the size of a polar bear. (13 words)

Thank the brown or Norway rat for out-competing and pretty much replacing the black rat that carried plague. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Ma Ma Mia… I smell a rat… some politician must be involved with Mosho… just as he was used under PF to close Post…Mosh is the rat that goes into the sewer for big boys who need to stay in the background…kalengas are only known for the debts around lusaka. (52 words)

With the failure of both the RAT-A and RAT-B programs, RAT-C was redesigned from a stand-off nuclear ASW weapon to one that could use not only a nuclear depth charge but also a homing ASW torpedo. (40 words)

Bailey, the owner of Eversong Woods Rattery BC – a local rat breeding and care facility – served as the animal care expert for the film, Rat City, which aired earlier this month on the CBC’s The Nature of Things. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Species and description A river rat A rat in a city street The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

A rat apparently with the same eye affliction as O. Ratz Rat in a Hot Tin Can tells the tale of a city rat struggling to keep warm in the dead of winter.

A remotely guided rat, popularly called a ratbot or robo-rat, is a rat with electrodes implanted in the medial forebrain bundle (MFB) and sensorimotor cortex of its brain.

Since the black rat now occupies many of the micro-habitats that were previously inhabited by the bush rat, the black rat plays an important ecological role in the dispersal of fungal spores.

With the failure of both the RAT-A and RAT-B programs, RAT-C was redesigned from a stand-off nuclear ASW weapon to one that could use not only a nuclear depth charge but also a homing ASW torpedo.

Bailey, the owner of Eversong Woods Rattery BC – a local rat breeding and care facility – served as the animal care expert for the film, Rat City, which aired earlier this month on the CBC’s The Nature of Things.

I even took rat n rat.

There was a round board and a live rat, and if you had your money on the color the rat ran to, you won a stuffed animal,” Foster said.

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Ma Ma Mia… I smell a rat… some politician must be involved with Mosho… just as he was used under PF to close Post…Mosh is the rat that goes into the sewer for big boys who need to stay in the background…kalengas are only known for the debts around lusaka.

While you might think a super rat is a rat that’s much bigger than the usual kind, this isn’t the case.

By giant rat, I mean a rat the size of a polar bear.

Friday's rodent is just the latest to gain viral fame after another rat caught dragging a salad bowl along subway tracks went viral last month and was dubbed 'Arugula rat'.

Thank the brown or Norway rat for out-competing and pretty much replacing the black rat that carried plague.

What also needs to be kept in mind is the high share of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT) in the test since RAT detect less infections than the RT-PCR ones.

A clip from the Fawlty Towers episode Basil The Rat was played, showing a scene in which Basil (John Cleese) offered someone a biscuit from a tin with the rat sitting in it.

Healthy herbivorous fish grazed reefs nine times each year near the rat-free islands vs. only 2.8 times annually on the rat-infested ones.

Once the rat hits the water, the alligator goes after it, but somehow the rat manages to squirm away and narrowly escapes to safety on a rock in the enclosure.

What about Operation Rat Race or Operation Mosquito Race, seeing as we are all in a rat race and plagued by mosquitoes.

All other habitat variables showed little to no correlation. citation While this species' relative, the brown (Norway) rat prefers to nest near the ground of a building the black rat will prefer the upper floors and roof.

Description Comparison of the physique of a black rat (Rattus rattus) with a brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) The fur is coarse and usually brown or dark grey, while the underparts are lighter grey or brown.

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Common combinations with rat

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rat" in a sentence?
An example: "Species and description A river rat A rat in a city street The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "rat" from authentic English texts.
What does "rat" mean?
Rat means: Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
What are synonyms of "rat"?
Common synonyms of "rat" include: scab, blackleg, pad, bum, stinkpot, stinker, skunk, dirty dog. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "rat" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "rat", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.