"rathole" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ratholes [plural]
Etymology: rat + hole Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rat|hole}} rat + hole Head templates: {{en-noun}} rathole (plural ratholes)
  1. An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats. Translations (an entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats): Rattenloch [neuter] (German), topaia [feminine] (Italian), råtthål [neuter] (Swedish), uot (Tagalog), fare deliği (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-noun-A57~S~He Disambiguation of 'an entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats': 73 24 0 1 1
  2. A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-noun-eBG735mG
  3. A particularly squalid human residence or other place. Translations (a particularly squalid human residence): trou à rats (French), nid à rats (French), topaia [feminine] (Italian), råttbo [neuter] (Swedish), çöplük (Turkish), діра (dira) (Ukrainian), блощи́чник (bloščýčnyk) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-noun-OU~14E1p Disambiguation of 'a particularly squalid human residence': 1 1 92 6 1
  4. An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-noun-LI2gjBUH
  5. (printing) A pigeonhole. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-noun-TLkvsQJS Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pound sand into a rathole

Verb

Forms: ratholes [present, singular, third-person], ratholing [participle, present], ratholed [participle, past], ratholed [past]
Etymology: rat + hole Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rat|hole}} rat + hole Head templates: {{en-verb}} rathole (third-person singular simple present ratholes, present participle ratholing, simple past and past participle ratholed)
  1. (transitive) To hoard. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-verb-XV8HKL0Z
  2. (transitive) To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-verb-AWZx7Z7m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 3 9 2 2 32 10 24 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 4 7 5 10 2 2 29 9 21 10 Disambiguation of English terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs: 5 7 5 8 4 7 25 11 18 9
  3. (transitive, poker) To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-verb-xda1eSf6 Topics: card-games, poker
  4. (intransitive, poker) To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-verb-gYANCLGi Topics: card-games, poker
  5. (intransitive) (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-rathole-en-verb-nXho1Jdk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: amound (alt: to hoard), intreasure, amass Derived forms: enough sense to pound sand into a rathole

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Poker"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poker",
          "poker"
        ],
        [
          "cash game",
          "cash game"
        ],
        [
          "stack",
          "stack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, poker) To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "hopper",
          "hopper"
        ],
        [
          "silo",
          "silo"
        ],
        [
          "circumferential",
          "circumferential"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "to hoard",
      "word": "amound"
    },
    {
      "word": "intreasure"
    },
    {
      "word": "amass"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rathole"
}

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