rat packn.¹

Brit.

/ˈrat pak/, U.S.

/ˈræt ˌpæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, pack n.¹

Etymology: < rat n.¹ + pack n.¹

Originally U.S.

1. A pack of rats. Frequently in similative and figurative contexts (cf. sense 2a).

ΚΠ

1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 6 Mar. 13 The rat was calling its fellows to the attack... He heard the rat pack coming.

1946 F. G. Slaughter In Dark Garden 76 Already they've a strangle hold on your ports; the rat pack will make a few fortunes slipping through, but the rats' days are numbered.

1988 A. Haden-Guest True Colors 283 Squealing rat-packs, their tails thus knotted, have been found in Germany and other parts of Europe ever since the Middle Ages.

2003 G. Conti tr. R. Loy Hot Chocolate at Hanselmann's 67 Everywhere..the Sturmbannführer..carry out their systematic hunt for Jews. A game of precision that turns men into rat packs.

a. slang. A gang of disorderly young people.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

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society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > gang > types of

street gang1813

gashouse gang1895

rat pack1950

1950 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 May 1/1 One youth was shot and two policemen were beaten in two more ‘rat pack’ attacks today.

1951 R. S. Prather Bodies in Bedlam ix. 65 It looked like three or four of L.A.'s juvenile moron gangs, sometimes called rat packs, had taken turns going over the place.

1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens iii. 91 More recently, gangs, fraternities, cliques, organizations, and ‘rat packs’ have again begun to be reported.

1977 Time 25 July 10/1 This summer Sweden has been hit by a small but ugly wave of racial incidents, three of which have been violent encounters between a rat pack of young Swedish ruffians and a community of Assyrian immigrants from the Middle East.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Mar. ii. 74/3 At 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night just before Christmas, Sunset Boulevard, the fabled pickup strip, is gridlocked with rat packs of young single men and women looking for lust in all the wrong places.

b. Usually with capital initials. The name popularly given to: a group of American entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr., who appeared together on stage and in several films in the 1960s. Originally as the self-designation of a loose social group of Hollywood celebrities including, among others, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Frank Sinatra: see quot. 1955.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > company of performers > specific

rat pack1955

1955 L. Bacall in Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 10 Oct. a11/1 We do have the Hollywood rat pack. I'm the den mother... Its aims are to drink a lot of bourbon and stay up late.

1960 Chicago Tribune 6 Aug. i. 12/5 Frank Sinatra and his clan, or the ‘rat pack’ as they prefer being called, say they're going to make another picture together.

1981 Times 19 June (Preview section) p. iii/3 Sammy Davis Jnr:..the versatile veteran of the Rat Pack.

2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 45/4 The Las Vegas casino heist thriller that Frankie and Dino and their Rat Pack had so much fun making back in 1960.

c. slang (chiefly depreciative). A group of journalists or paparazzi.

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1973 L. Zolf Dance of Dialectic v. 34 The Ottawa paparazzi were particularly bitter about Trudeau sneaking off to Vancouver to wed his young Guinevere, letting the Pacific rat pack get all the glory.

1985 Times 15 Nov. 12/6 The rat pack followed her [sc. the Princess] on an African tour.

2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Features section) 3 I looked up to see a swarm of paparazzi... I'm not some role model, so why should I be intimidated by this low-life rat pack?

Derivatives

ˈrat ˌpacker n.

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1950 Los Angeles Times 15 May ii. 4/3 William M. Jeffers, member of the Governor's Crime Commission, demands that Los Angeles policemen ‘get tough’ with the punks, rat packers, et al.

1962 Chicago Tribune 4 Aug. i. 2/2 Congress has been asked to add another 100 [police dogs]..as rat packers flee from the modern bloodhounds.

2002 Premiere Jan. 52/1 There is no denying the voyeuristic delight in watching Rat Packers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop pal around.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

rat packn.²

Brit.

/ˈrat pak/, U.S.

/ˈræt ˌpæk/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2.

Etymology: Shortened < ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2, probably punningly after rat pack n.¹

slang (chiefly Military).

= ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1984 H. McManners Falklands Commando x. 139 Our 24-hour ‘rat’ pack comes in a cardboard box and has a breakfast and a main meal.

1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 20 Then there are the ration packs or ‘rat packs’ which contain sufficient tinned food for 24 hours.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 60 In the back of my cupboard..are the rat packs. Small government-issue cardboard boxes in which there are pink, sugar-covered peanuts, small gooey packets of coffee, [etc.].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rat pack
释义	rat packn.¹ Brit. /ˈrat pak/, U.S. /ˈræt ˌpæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, pack n.¹ Etymology: < rat n.¹ + pack n.¹ Originally U.S. 1. A pack of rats. Frequently in similative and figurative contexts (cf. sense 2a). ΚΠ 1931 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 6 Mar. 13 The rat was calling its fellows to the attack... He heard the rat pack coming. 1946 F. G. Slaughter In Dark Garden 76 Already they've a strangle hold on your ports; the rat pack will make a few fortunes slipping through, but the rats' days are numbered. 1988 A. Haden-Guest True Colors 283 Squealing rat-packs, their tails thus knotted, have been found in Germany and other parts of Europe ever since the Middle Ages. 2003 G. Conti tr. R. Loy Hot Chocolate at Hanselmann's 67 Everywhere..the Sturmbannführer..carry out their systematic hunt for Jews. A game of precision that turns men into rat packs. 2. a. slang. A gang of disorderly young people.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > gang > types of street gang1813 gashouse gang1895 rat pack1950 1950 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 May 1/1 One youth was shot and two policemen were beaten in two more ‘rat pack’ attacks today. 1951 R. S. Prather Bodies in Bedlam ix. 65 It looked like three or four of L.A.'s juvenile moron gangs, sometimes called rat packs, had taken turns going over the place. 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens iii. 91 More recently, gangs, fraternities, cliques, organizations, and ‘rat packs’ have again begun to be reported. 1977 Time 25 July 10/1 This summer Sweden has been hit by a small but ugly wave of racial incidents, three of which have been violent encounters between a rat pack of young Swedish ruffians and a community of Assyrian immigrants from the Middle East. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Mar. ii. 74/3 At 10:30 p.m. on a Friday night just before Christmas, Sunset Boulevard, the fabled pickup strip, is gridlocked with rat packs of young single men and women looking for lust in all the wrong places. b. Usually with capital initials. The name popularly given to: a group of American entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr., who appeared together on stage and in several films in the 1960s. Originally as the self-designation of a loose social group of Hollywood celebrities including, among others, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Frank Sinatra: see quot. 1955. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performer > [noun] > company of performers > specific rat pack1955 1955 L. Bacall in Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 10 Oct. a11/1 We do have the Hollywood rat pack. I'm the den mother... Its aims are to drink a lot of bourbon and stay up late. 1960 Chicago Tribune 6 Aug. i. 12/5 Frank Sinatra and his clan, or the ‘rat pack’ as they prefer being called, say they're going to make another picture together. 1981 Times 19 June (Preview section) p. iii/3 Sammy Davis Jnr:..the versatile veteran of the Rat Pack. 2002 List (Glasgow & Edinb. Events Guide) 4 July 45/4 The Las Vegas casino heist thriller that Frankie and Dino and their Rat Pack had so much fun making back in 1960. c. slang (chiefly depreciative). A group of journalists or paparazzi. ΚΠ 1973 L. Zolf Dance of Dialectic v. 34 The Ottawa paparazzi were particularly bitter about Trudeau sneaking off to Vancouver to wed his young Guinevere, letting the Pacific rat pack get all the glory. 1985 Times 15 Nov. 12/6 The rat pack followed her [sc. the Princess] on an African tour. 2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Features section) 3 I looked up to see a swarm of paparazzi... I'm not some role model, so why should I be intimidated by this low-life rat pack? Derivatives ˈrat ˌpacker n. ΚΠ 1950 Los Angeles Times 15 May ii. 4/3 William M. Jeffers, member of the Governor's Crime Commission, demands that Los Angeles policemen ‘get tough’ with the punks, rat packers, et al. 1962 Chicago Tribune 4 Aug. i. 2/2 Congress has been asked to add another 100 [police dogs]..as rat packers flee from the modern bloodhounds. 2002 Premiere Jan. 52/1 There is no denying the voyeuristic delight in watching Rat Packers Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop pal around. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rat packn.² Brit. /ˈrat pak/, U.S. /ˈræt ˌpæk/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2. Etymology: Shortened < ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2, probably punningly after rat pack n.¹ slang (chiefly Military). = ration pack n. at ration n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1984 H. McManners Falklands Commando x. 139 Our 24-hour ‘rat’ pack comes in a cardboard box and has a breakfast and a main meal. 1995 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Oct. 20 Then there are the ration packs or ‘rat packs’ which contain sufficient tinned food for 24 hours. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 60 In the back of my cupboard..are the rat packs. Small government-issue cardboard boxes in which there are pink, sugar-covered peanuts, small gooey packets of coffee, [etc.]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1931n.²1984
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