rathole

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

ratholes

1.
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
2.
A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
3.
A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
4.
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
5.
(printing) A pigeonhole.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

ratholes

V_ing/Gerund

ratholing

V_ed/pp

ratholed

1.
(transitive)To hoard.
2.
(transitive)To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
3.
(transitive)(transitive, poker) To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
4.
(intransitive)(intransitive, poker) To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
5.
(intransitive)(of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.

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Đồng nghĩa

amoundintreasure

Cùng gốc / liên quan

pound sand into a rathole

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Nguồn gốc từ

From rat + hole.