mall rat

American

noun

see rat.

mall rat British

/ mɔːl /

noun

slang a youngster who spends much of his or her time in shopping malls

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

mall rat

When the camera pans up, he's pointing to a Sbarro — a pizza chain that once occupied a slot at the top of the mall rat food pyramid.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2021

Life as a mall rat came naturally to Tos.

From Forbes ● Jun. 4, 2014

One more California mall rat, you might think, and that is what she desperately wants to be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sure, like a normal girl, Sharapova is a bit of a mall rat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023