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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley