ratting

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of rat

   Don't go ratting to the police about what happened.

2. noun The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time.
3. noun A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier.
4. noun Desertion of one's principles.
5. noun Working as a scab, against trade union policies.

Similar words

informing rat-baiting rat pit baiting bearbaiting rattler gibbetting bait dog cock-fighting rat-a-tat-tat

Often followed by

on out him to and me her them you

Word family

rat rats ratted