Usually means: Worn-out, unkempt, shabby appearance.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word ratty:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. ratty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ratty: Merriam-Webster
  3. ratty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ratty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ratty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ratty: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ratty, ratty: Wordnik
  8. ratty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ratty: Wiktionary
  10. ratty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ratty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ratty: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. ratty: Dictionary.com
  14. Ratty (film), Ratty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. ratty: Rhymezone
  16. ratty: FreeDictionary.org
  17. ratty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. ratty: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. ratty: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ratty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. ratty: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. ratty: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See rattier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
adjective:  Infested with rats.
adjective:  (figuratively, informal)
adjective:  In poor condition or repair.
adjective:  (Australia) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
adjective:  (originally British) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
noun:  Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”)

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