Associations to the word «Rattrap»

Wiktionary

RATTRAP, noun. A device (trap) used to catch rats.
RATTRAP, noun. A dilapidated building, a place that is run down and unsanitary.
RATTRAP, noun. A difficult, entangling situation.

Dictionary definition

RATTRAP, noun. A difficult entangling situation.
RATTRAP, noun. Filthy run-down dilapidated housing.
RATTRAP, noun. A trap for catching rats.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats