- ratbag
- Noun. A contemptible or objectionable person, a devious schemer. Orig. Aust./N.Z.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
ratbag
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ratbag — ► NOUN Brit. informal ▪ an unpleasant or disliked person … English terms dictionary
ratbag — UK [ˈrætˌbæɡ] / US [ˈrætbæɡ] noun [countable] Word forms ratbag : singular ratbag plural ratbags British very informal someone who is unpleasant to other people. This word can sometimes be used in a friendly way … English dictionary
ratbag — /ˈrætbæg / (say ratbag) noun Colloquial 1. a rascal; rogue. 2. a person of eccentric or nonconforming ideas or behaviour. 3. a person whose preoccupation with a particular theory or belief is seen as obsessive or discreditable: that Marxist… …
ratbag — noun A despicable person. Then he went and sneaked on me to my boss. What a ratbag! … Wiktionary
ratbag — n Australian a despicable, disreputable or obnoxious person. This term of abuse originated in Australia where it derived either literally from a bag used by a rat catcher or from the notion of a bag full of rats as the epitome of obnoxiousness.… … Contemporary slang
ratbag — [[t]ræ̱tbæg[/t]] ratbags N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a ratbag, you are insulting them. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Lying ratbags, that s what they are … English dictionary
Ratbag Games — Pty Ltd was an Australian developer of computer games such as Powerslide , and .About The CompanyRatbag was founded in 1993 in Adelaide, South Australia by Richard Harrison and Greg Siegele. Known initially as Emergent Games, the company took 3… … Wikipedia
ratbag — noun Date: 1890 chiefly Australian a stupid, eccentric, or disagreeable person … New Collegiate Dictionary
Ratbag — mild insult: not a nice person; worthless, despicable, unreliable person; eccentric, crank, fanatic, queer person; Someone who does not behave properly; weirdo … Dictionary of Australian slang
ratbag — I Australian Slang mild insult: not a nice person; worthless, despicable, unreliable person; eccentric, crank, fanatic, queer person; Someone who does not behave properly; weirdo II Australian English Someone who does not behave properly … English dialects glossary
ratbag — rat|bag [ˈrætbæg] n BrE informal an unpleasant person … Dictionary of contemporary English
