Definition of pack rat

pack rat    

noun

• a person who obsessively hoards objects.

  You're such a pack rat! You really need to clean out your closet.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to save.

  Last edited on Dec 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'to save':
stash	Definitions include: someone's hidden savings, usually of money or drugs.
squirrel away	Definitions include: to store for future use.

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Other terms relating to 'pack':
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
fanny pack	Definitions include: a belt bag, bum bag or belly bag.
fudge packer	Definitions include: a homosexual male.
ghetto pack	Definitions include: to overly stuff something; when relating to a car - to pack full of people.
hunger pack	Definitions include: a six pack that's a result of emaciation rather than exercise.
jam-packed	Definitions include: extremely full.
Joe Six-pack	Definitions include: the average male.
lick a pack of franks	Definitions include: general retort.
pack	Definitions include: verb.
pack a bowl	Definitions include: to make an extremely large bowel movement that fills a toilet bowl.
pack a lunch	Definitions include: to have large genitals, especially when covered by little clothing, such as ballet tights.
packed	Definitions include: full of.
packer	Definitions include: a penis.
pack fudge	Definitions include: to engage in anal sex.
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Other terms relating to 'rat':
crazier than a sh*t-house rat	Definitions include: very crazy.
give a rat's *ss	Definitions include: to care.
gym rat	Definitions include: a person who frequents gyms.
hang a rat	Definitions include: the need to defecate.
hood rat	Definitions include: skanky, ghetto looking female who always hangs with groups of guys.
hood rat stuff	Definitions include: stuff that a hood rat would do.
mall rat	Definitions include: a person who hangs out at malls.
rat	Definitions include: a derogatory term for females, implying promiscuity.
rat-ars*d	Definitions include: very drunk.
rat-*ssed	Definitions include: extremely drunk.
rat bastard	Definitions include: a bastard.
rated M for mature	Definitions include: sexually explicit. X-rated
rat-line	Definitions include: a telephone number that is used by the police to enable citizens to provide anonymous information, e.g. Crimestoppers.
rat on	Definitions include: to inform on.
rat out	Definitions include: to report misdeeds to an authority; "narc", "snitch".
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