ratette

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noun

A female rat (any sense).

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Meanings

nounratette (plural ratettes)

plural ratettes

  1. informalA female rat (any sense).

    Mitch would find the rat—or ratette—and move on without anyone knowing.

    2015, Angi Morgan, The Ranger, →ISBN, page 14
    2 more examples

    For one painful second she thought about him calling her his "little ratette" yesterday.

    1994, Jackie Merritt, Persistent Lady, →ISBN, page 76

    Yes, all you Park rats and ratettes, that's your very own election district.

    2001, Dana Stabenow, The Singing of the Dead, →ISBN, page 17

Origin

From rat + -ette.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tetrate
Cite this entry
APA

ratette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratette

MLA

“ratette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ratette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ratette.

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