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Definition of rat verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rat

verb
 
/ræt/
 
/ræt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rat
 
/ræt/
 
/ræt/
he / she / it rats
 
/ræts/
 
/ræts/
past simple ratted
 
/ˈrætɪd/
 
/ˈrætɪd/
past participle ratted
 
/ˈrætɪd/
 
/ˈrætɪd/
-ing form ratting
 
/ˈrætɪŋ/
 
/ˈrætɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    Word OriginOld English ræt, probably of Romance origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French rat. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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