"packrat" meaning in All languages combined

See packrat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: packrats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} packrat (plural packrats)
  1. Alternative form of pack rat. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: pack rat Derived forms: packrattery
    Sense id: en-packrat-en-noun-1f7YcoWT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Verb [English]

Forms: packrats [present, singular, third-person], packratting [participle, present], packratted [participle, past], packratted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} packrat (third-person singular simple present packrats, present participle packratting, simple past and past participle packratted)
  1. (colloquial, ambitransitive) To hoard things. Tags: ambitransitive, colloquial
    Sense id: en-packrat-en-verb-Eym1RLcH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cricetids Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Cricetids: 11 89 Synonyms: amass, amound, engross [obsolete], get up, hoard, intreasure [obsolete], niggard, packrat, rathole, squirrel away, uphoard [obsolete, rare]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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