rat-running

noun

1. the practice of driving through residential side streets to avoid congested main roads

Derived Forms

• ˈrat-ˌrunner, noun
• ˈrat-ˌrun, noun

Example Sentences

He had set up the above-mentioned cry from observing a large rat running along the side of the wall.

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The next morning she was startled by what she thought a gray rat running past her bed.

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When the blackness closed in, and I heard in the dark scrambling sounds like a rat running amok in the wainscot, I gave a cry.

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Tommy was in his night-shirt, with the white rat running over his shoulders.

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I was three days ago basking myself in the morning sun, when I saw a rat running before me.

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