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Noun [English]

Forms: rattraps [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English rat trappe; equivalent to rat + trap. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rat trappe}} Middle English rat trappe, {{compound|en|rat|trap}} rat + trap Head templates: {{en-noun}} rattrap (plural rattraps)
  1. A device (trap) used to catch rats. Translations (device used to catch rats): капа́н за плъ́хове (kapán za plǎ́hove) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rotanloukku (Finnish), piège à rats [masculine] (French), ratière [feminine] (French), Rattenfalle [feminine] (German), ネズミ捕り (nezumitori) (alt: ねずみとり) (Japanese), 鼠落とし (nezumiotoshi) (alt: ねずみおとし) (Japanese), 쥐덫 (jwideot) (Korean), എലിക്കെണി (elikkeṇi) (Malayalam), хулганы хавх (xulgany xavx) (Mongolian), гаранга (garanga) (Mongolian), pułapka na myszy [feminine] (Polish), крысоло́вка (krysolóvka) [feminine] (Russian), bẫy chuột (Vietnamese), ratiträp (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-rattrap-en-noun-x6bdkg59 Categories (other): Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 38 10 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 36 12 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of 'device used to catch rats': 91 3 3 3
  2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
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  3. A difficult, entangling situation. Translations (difficult, entangling situation): нявыкрутка (njavykrutka) [feminine] (Belarusian), безвыходное положение (bezvyxodnoje položenije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-rattrap-en-noun-4Jo-1281 Categories (other): Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 36 12 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 13 35 11 41 Disambiguation of 'difficult, entangling situation': 2 3 94 2
  4. A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rat trap, rat-trap

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device used to catch rats",
      "word": "bẫy chuột"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "device used to catch rats",
      "word": "ratiträp"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "njavykrutka",
      "sense": "difficult, entangling situation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нявыкрутка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezvyxodnoje položenije",
      "sense": "difficult, entangling situation",
      "word": "безвыходное положение"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rat trap"
  ],
  "word": "rattrap"
}

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