different between ratten vs ratted
ratten
English
Etymology
From Provincial English ratten (“rat”), i.e. to do mischief like a rat.
Verb
ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)
- (obsolete, Northern England) To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
- Did you also employ them to ratten people if they had broken any rules of your society, for instance, by having too many apprentices?
- 1947, Ivor John Carnegie Brown, Say The Word, p 100:
- […] derived from the sabot or shoe beneath railway lines. The saboteur was thus a remover of metal shoes, a train-wrecker. I must leave it at that. Meanwhile why not restore ratten to its old place in the Trade Union vocabulary, that is if, in these times of scant, we must endure any such wanton hindrance of the works?
- 1867, Report Presented to the Trades Unions Commissioners by the Examiners Appointed to Inquire Into Acts of Intimidation, Outrage, Or Wrong Alleged to Have Been Promoted, Encouraged, Or Connived at by Trades Unions in the Town of Sheffield, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Trades Unions. G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode, 1867. p. 225:
Anagrams
- Arnett, attern, natter, tarten, treant
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t?n
Noun
ratten
- Plural form of rat
Anagrams
- natter, tarten
Middle English
Verb
ratten
- to tear apart
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
- renden and ratyn
- 1402, "The Reply of Friar Daw Topias":
References
- “ratten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
Noun
ratten
- definite singular of ratt
Anagrams
- tanter, tentar
ratten From the web:
- ratten meaning
- what does ratted mean
- rattan wicker
- what is rattan made of
- rattan material
- rattan furniture
- what does rattan mean in english
- what does rattan mean in german
ratted
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Verb
ratted
- simple past tense and past participle of rat
Etymology 2
Contraction of rat-arsed.
Adjective
ratted (comparative more ratted, superlative most ratted)
- (Britain, slang) intoxicated
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:drunk
Anagrams
- tarted, tetrad
ratted From the web:
- what ratted mean
- ratted out meaning
- what does ratted mean
- what does ratted out mean
- what does rated r mean
- matted hair
- rated r
- what does ratted me out mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- ratten vs ratted
- ratten vs batten
- rattan vs ratten
- fatten vs ratten
- ratten vs patten
- trainer vs supervisors
- supervisors vs administration
- supervisory vs supervisors
- warpings vs carpings
- warpings vs warlings
- warpings vs warmings
- warpings vs wardings
- warrings vs warpings
- warpings vs parpings
- warpings vs harpings
- warmings vs armings
- warmings vs warrings
- warmings vs farmings
- wardings vs warmings
- wormings vs warmings