English Explanatory Dictionary

ratten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of ratton.
verb
  1. To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.

Word forms

ratten rattens rattening rattened

Etymology

The verbal sense is from the notion of causing mischief like a rat.

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