"rattrap" meaning in English

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Noun

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): rotanloukku (Finnish), piège à rats [masculine] (French), ratière [feminine] (French), Rattenfalle [feminine] (German), എലിക്കെണി (elikkeṇi) (Malayalam), 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 French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 33 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 33 14 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 37 10 42 Disambiguation of 'device used to catch rats': 91 3 3 3
  2. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
    Sense id: en-rattrap-en-noun-cKytnxo7 Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 33 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 33 14 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 37 10 42
  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 French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 33 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 33 14 37 Disambiguation of 'difficult, entangling situation': 2 3 94 2
  4. A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.
    Sense id: en-rattrap-en-noun-wgmCKajW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 33 7 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 15 31 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 31 13 41 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 33 12 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 31 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 12 33 10 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 33 14 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 37 10 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 15 31 13 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 12 33 11 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rat trap, rat-trap

Inflected forms

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