Ratting

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The blood sport of setting a dog upon rats confined in a pit to see how many he will kill in a given time. archaic, uncountable, usually

    "Henry Mayhew, the nineteenth-century chronicler of London's underworld, described the frenzied activity of one ratting contest. A terrier — the best of ratting dogs — was placed into a pit with 50 rats."

  2. 2
    to furnish incriminating evidence to an officer of the law (usually in return for favors) wordnet
  3. 3
    A vocation involving the pest control of rats, typically using a working terrier. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    Desertion of one's principles. uncountable, usually
  5. 5
    Working as a scab, against trade union policies. uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rat form-of, gerund, participle, present

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

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