Rat vs Rah - What's the difference?
rat | rah |
(zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus .
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, title= (informal) A term indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families (e.g. voles and mice) having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
(informal) A person who is known for betrayal; a scoundrel; a quisling.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
(informal) An informant or snitch.
(slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
Scab.
Vagina.
A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
To betray someone and tell their secret to an authority or an enemy; to turn someone in, bewray.
To kill rats.
As adjectives the difference between rat and rah
is that rat is while rah is (british) posh.As an interjection rah is
an exclamation of encouragement.As a noun rah is
(british) a person (especially a student) with a posh accent who looks down on those who are 'common'.rat
English
(wikipedia rat)Noun
(en noun)Charles T. Ambrose
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- He’s more a man than any pair of rats of you in this here house.
Synonyms
* (person known for betrayal) traitor (see for more synonyms ) * (informer) stool pigeonDerived terms
* black rat * brown rat * desert rat * give a rat's ass * * like rats from a sinking ship * love rat * mall rat * ratface * ratfink * ratter * rat race * rattail * ratty * rat's nest * rat-trap * ring rat * smell a rat * gym ratSee also
* mouse * rodentVerb
(ratt)- He ratted on his coworker.
- He is going to rat us out!