rug rat

rug rat
n
a child. A phrase which, like the synony-mous ankle-biter, has become popular, especially in young middle-class families, since the 1980s. Rug bug and 'carpet rat' are alternative forms. The phrase was popularised by its adoption as the title of a US TV cartoon in the mid-1990s.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • rug rat — rug ,rat noun count AMERICAN HUMOROUS a very young child, especially one that has started to CRAWL (=move along the ground) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rug rat — noun : child : kid adopt some little rug rats Joseph Wambaugh * * * rug rat noun (N American slang) A child, esp one not yet walking • • • Main Entry: ↑rug * * * rug rat UK US …   Useful english dictionary

  • rug rat — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rug rat : singular rug rat plural rug rats American humorous a very young child, especially one that has started to crawl (= move along the ground) …   English dictionary

  • rug rat — noun usually a little child, up to the age of six years. Now listen, you little rug rat, I said threateningly, Im going to wash your hair and that is it. Get it? Syn: ankle biter, brat …   Wiktionary

  • rug rat — /ˈrʌg ræt/ (say rug rat) noun Colloquial a small child, especially one at the crawling stage …  

  • rug rat — AND ankle biter n. a child. □ You got any ankle biters at your house? □ Hey, you cute little rug rat, come over here …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • rug rat — I n A small child. I m just not ready for a steady job and a house full of rug rats. 1970s II np Small child. Pam is married now, with two rug rats. 1970s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

  • rug rat — n. child; kid. Any rug rats at home? …   English slang

  • rug rat — noun Date: 1975 slang a child not yet old enough for school …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Rug-rat — small child, especially one at the crawling stage …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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