rattrap

[ rat-trap ]

/ ˈrætˌtræp /

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noun

a device for catching rats.

a run-down, filthy, or dilapidated place.

a difficult, involved, or entangling situation.

Origin of rattrap

1425–75; late Middle English. See rat, trap¹

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Example sentences from the Web for rattrap

In it lay the deceased lady with her long slit of a mouth shut like a rat-trap, and her hard eyes fixed on him.
A Book of Ghosts|Sabine Baring-Gould
The rat-trap contained two large rats; one of these she turned into a coachman, and the other into a postilion.
Cinderella|Anonymous
Its nothing but a rat-trap but how I shall hate to see it go!
Maida's Little Shop|Inez Haynes Irwin
Under his arm he carried a small iron-cage, patterned something like a rat-trap.
Parrot & Co.|Harold MacGrath

Saying this, he plunged his hand into one of his pockets, and produced a pair of handcuffs, like a rat-trap.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|John Mackay Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for rattrap

rat-trap

noun

a device for catching rats

informal a type of bicycle pedal having serrated steel foot pads and a toe clip

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单词	rattrap
释义	rattrap [ rat-trap ] / ˈrætˌtræp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rattrap ON THESAURUS.COM noun a device for catching rats. a run-down, filthy, or dilapidated place. a difficult, involved, or entangling situation. Origin of rattrap 1425–75; late Middle English. See rat, trap¹ Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rattrap In it lay the deceased lady with her long slit of a mouth shut like a rat-trap, and her hard eyes fixed on him. A Book of Ghosts\|Sabine Baring-Gould The rat-trap contained two large rats; one of these she turned into a coachman, and the other into a postilion. Cinderella\|Anonymous Its nothing but a rat-trap but how I shall hate to see it go! Maida's Little Shop\|Inez Haynes Irwin Under his arm he carried a small iron-cage, patterned something like a rat-trap. Parrot & Co.\|Harold MacGrath Saying this, he plunged his hand into one of his pockets, and produced a pair of handcuffs, like a rat-trap. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland\|John Mackay Wilson British Dictionary definitions for rattrap rat-trap noun a device for catching rats informal a type of bicycle pedal having serrated steel foot pads and a toe clip Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rattrap hut, shack, shanty, cottage, lean-to, shed, hutch, dump, stall, den, pigpen, hole, sty, cabin, burrow, rathole, pigsty
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rattrap

noun

Origin of rattrap

Example sentences from the Web for rattrap

British Dictionary definitions for rattrap

noun

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