rathole

English

noun

Definitions

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

Etymology

Compound from English rat (rip up, rend, tear) + English hole (miserable place, a hollow).

Origin

English

hole

Gloss

miserable place, a hollow

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

airhole English
antihole English
antirat English
armhole English
arrow-hole English
arsehole English
asshole English
beanhole English
blasthole English
blockhole English
blowhole English
bograt English
bolt-hole English
bolthole English
bootyhole English
borehole English
bullethole English
bumhole English
bunghole English
butthole English
cakehole English
cathole English
chuckhole English
clubrat English
coal hole English
cockhole English
corehole English
cornhole English
crabhole English
craphole English
creephole English
cubbyhole English
cumhole English
cyberhole English
denehole English
derat English
dickhole English
dihole English
doghole English
downhole English
dreamhole English
driphole English
dusthole English
earhole English
earthhole English
eyehole English
farthole English
feedhole English
fingerhole English
firehole English
foothole English
foxhole English
fuckhole English
funkhole English
gully-hole English
hand-hole English
handhole English
hawsehole English
hole English
hole saw English
hole up English
holeable English
holeful English
holeless English
holelike English
holeproof English
holepunch English
holer English
holeshot English
holey English
holon English
hoodrat English
jaw-hole English
keyhole English
kneehole English
knothole English
knuckerhole English
lamphole English
leghole English
lughole English
maintenance hole English
manhole English
microhole English
minihole English
moonrat English
mousehole English
mudhole English
multihole English
nanohole English
nonrat English
nosehole English
oarhole English
outhole English
packrat English
peehole English
peephole English
pesthole English
photohole English
piehole English
pigeonhole English
pinhole English
pisshole English
plughole English
poophole English
pophole English
porthole English
posthole English
pothole English
pritchel hole English
pukehole English
pussyhole English
quasihole English
rat English
rat race English
rat-baiting English
ratbag English
ratcatcher English
ratette English
ratface English
ratfink English
ratfish English
ratfolk English
ratfuck English
ratfucker English
rathood English
raticide English
ratless English
ratlike English
ratling English
ratly English
ratmageddon English
ratness English
ratproof English
ratsbane English
ratshit English
ratsicle English
ratskin English
rattail English
ratter English
rattery English
rattish English
ratton English
rattrap English
ratty English
region rat English
ringhole English
rockhole English
roothole English
rudderhole English
rugrat English
scumhole English
shakehole English
shithole English
shothole English
sighthole English
sinkhole English
sleazehole English
slimehole English
smokehole English
snowhole English
spouthole English
spyhole English
stakehole English
stinkhole English
stokehole English
stumphole English
suckhole English
tailhole English
taphole English
thumbhole English
torat English
traphole English
underhole English
uphole English
venthole English
waterhole English
weephole English
wellhole English
wererat English
whitret English
woodhole English
woodrat English
wormhole English
Onanie German
la rata Spanish, Castilian
rato Portuguese
hole Middle English
ratte Middle English
হোল Bengali
rat Volapük
hul Tok Pisin
alata Sranan Tongo
olo Sranan Tongo
rat Torres Strait Creole
alata Saramaccan