Ratting

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rat \Rat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ratted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Ratting}.]
     1. In English politics, to desert one's party from interested
        motives; to forsake one's associates for one's own
        advantage; in the trades, to work for less wages, or on
        other conditions, than those established by a trades


        union.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Coleridge . . . incurred the reproach of having
              ratted, solely by his inability to follow the
              friends of his early days.            --De Quincey.
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     2. To catch or kill rats.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be an informer (against an associate); to inform (on an
        associate); to squeal; -- used commonly in the phrase to
        rat on.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ratting \Rat"ting\ (r[a^]t"t[i^]ng), n.
     1. The conduct or practices of one who rats. See {Rat}, v.
        i., 1. --Sydney Smith.
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     2. The low sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit
        to see how many he will kill in a given time.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rat
       n 1: any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger
            than a mouse
       2: someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
          [syn: {scab}, {strikebreaker}, {blackleg}]
       3: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
          "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
          bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call
          a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: {rotter}, {dirty dog},
           {skunk}, {stinker}, {stinkpot}, {bum}, {puke}, {crumb}, {lowlife},
           {scum bag}, {so-and-so}, {git}]
       4: one who reveals confidential information in return for money
          [syn: {informer}, {betrayer}, {squealer}, {blabber}]
       5: a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's
          coiffure
       v 1: desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for
            one's personal advantage
       2: employ scabs or strike breakers in
       3: take the place of work of someone on strike [syn: {scab}, {blackleg}]
       4: give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
       5: catch rats, especially with dogs
       6: give away information about somebody; "He told on his
          classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: {denounce}, {tell
          on}, {betray}, {give away}, {grass}, {shit}, {shop}, {snitch},
           {stag}]
       [also: {ratting}, {ratted}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ratting
       n : to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law
           (usually in return for favors) [syn: {informing}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ratting
       See {rat}