rathole.
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
Meaning & usage
An entrance to a living area or passageway used by mice or rats.
A living area used by mice or rats, or a similar living area used by other animals.
A particularly squalid human residence or other place.
An area of a silo that has undergone ratholing, so that material moves mostly through the centre and accumulates around the edges.
A pigeonhole.
Where this word comes from
From rat + hole.
To hoard.
To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
(of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
Where this word comes from
From rat + hole.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.