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noun
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
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noun
A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
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noun
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
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noun
A pigeonhole.
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Topics: media, printing, publishing
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verb
To hoard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: card-games, poker
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verb
To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: card-games, poker
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verb
(of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
a small dirty uncomfortable room
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: room
noun
a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hole
History
From rat + hole.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
