rathole

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

rat +‎ hole

[edit] Noun

rathole (plural ratholes)

1. An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
2. A living area used by mice or rats.
3. A particularly squalid human residence.

[edit] Verb

to rathole (third-person singular simple present ratholes, present participle ratholing, simple past and past participle ratholed)

1. (transitive) to hoard.
2. (transitive) to take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
3. (transitive) to surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
4. (intransitive) (of material) to empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aehlort
• loather