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Definition of smell a rat
smell a rat
- to detect that something is not what it seems.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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| Definitions include: very crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to care. | |
| Definitions include: a person who frequents gyms. | |
| Definitions include: the need to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: skanky, ghetto looking female who always hangs with groups of guys. | |
| Definitions include: stuff that a hood rat would do. | |
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| Definitions include: a telephone number that is used by the police to enable citizens to provide anonymous information, e.g. Crimestoppers. | |
| Definitions include: to inform on. | |
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| Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base. | |
| Definitions include: an expression of empathy or simple understanding. | |
| Definitions include: that you understand them. | |
| Definitions include: to understand. | |
| Definitions include: Used when seeing or detecting the presence of a cop nearby. | |
| Definitions include: "See (one) later", i.e. "Goodbye". | |
| Definitions include: Refers to the smell of an unclean woman's vagina, from wear and tear due to sex or activity. | |
| Definitions include: to be legitimate, trustworthy, moral, etc. | |
| Definitions include: Smells like teen Smear it | |
| Definitions include: to detect that something is amiss. | |
| Definitions include: to take the time to enjoy life. | |
| Definitions include: to acknowledge. | |
| Definitions include: a command/invitation to accept reality. | |
| Definitions include: a variant of "wake up and smell the coffee," which is a command/invitation to accept reality. | |
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