Home › Words › R › rattraprattraprattrap means A device (trap) used to catch rats.EtymologyFrom Middle English rat trappe; equivalent to rat + trap.nounA device (trap) used to catch rats.A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.A difficult, entangling situation.A type of bicycle pedal made of metal with no rubber.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.rattoner 72% match — A ratcatcher. vs rattrap →ratcatcher 69% match — One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally. vs rattrap →attrap 65% match — To entrap; to ensnare. vs rattrap →ratch 64% match — A ratchet wheel. vs rattrap →ratten 62% match — To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union. vs rattrap →ratette 62% match — A female rat (any sense). vs rattrap →birdtrap 62% match — A trap designed or used to catch wild birds. vs rattrap →leghold 62% match — A kind of trap that catches an animal by the leg. vs rattrap →