ratbag
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɹæt.bæɡ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Hyphenation: rat‧bag
Noun edit
ratbag (plural ratbags)
- (slang) A despicable person.
- Then he went and sneaked on me to my boss. What a ratbag!
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, sometimes endearing) A mischievous person, especially a child.
- 1986, Ursula Woodhouse, A very rich ratbag[1]:
- He says he was a ratbag at school and the entire teaching staff hated him except the English and economics teachers.
Derived terms edit
- ratbaggery
- ratbaggish
- ratbags (interjection)
- ratbaggy