RATTRAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rattrap mean? 

• RATTRAP (noun)
  The noun RATTRAP has 3 senses:

1. a difficult entangling situation

2. filthy run-down dilapidated housing

3. a trap for catching rats

  Familiarity information: RATTRAP used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATTRAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A difficult entangling situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rattrap" is a kind of...):

difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Filthy run-down dilapidated housing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rattrap" is a kind of...):

housing; living accommodations; lodging (structures collectively in which people are housed)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A trap for catching rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rattrap" is a kind of...):

trap (a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned)