rat
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(verb) catch rats, esp. with dogs |
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Related Words: capture, catch |
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(verb) give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat |
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Related Words: fill out, pad |
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(verb) employ scabs or strike breakers in (an industry) |
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Related Words: employ, engage, hire |
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(verb) desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage |
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Related Words: defect, desert |
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(noun) any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse |
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Related Words: Norway rat, Oryzomys palustris, Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, bandicoot rat, black rat, brown rat, gnawer, gnawing animal, jerboa rat, mole rat, pocket rat, rice rat, rodent, roof rat |
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(verb) take the place of work of someone on strike |
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Synonyms: blackleg, scab |
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Related Words: do work, work |
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(noun) 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!" |
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Synonyms: bum, crumb, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker |
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Related Words: disagreeable person, unpleasant person |
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(noun) one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
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Synonyms: betrayer, informer, squealer |
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Related Words: canary, copper's nark, fink, informant, nark, sneak, snitch, source, stoolie, stoolpigeon |
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(noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike |
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Synonyms: blackleg, scab, strikebreaker |
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Related Words: worker |
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(verb) give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
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Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, peach, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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Related Words: inform, sell out, tip off |
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