rathole
See also: rat hole
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rathole (plural ratholes)
- An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
- A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
- 1913, Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society, page 122:
- Bhantus catch the sanda, or broad-tailed lizard, which dwells in rat-holes in the ground and lives always in fear of the cobra.
- A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
- An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
- (printing) A pigeonhole.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]an entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats
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a particularly squalid human residence
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Verb
[edit]rathole (third-person singular simple present ratholes, present participle ratholing, simple past and past participle ratholed)
- (transitive) To hoard.
- (transitive) To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
- (transitive, poker) To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
- (intransitive, poker) To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
- (intransitive) (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to hoard): amound, intreasure; see also Thesaurus:amass