ratten (English, verb)
expansion: ratten (third-person singular simple present rattens, present participle rattening, simple past and past participle rattened)
Senses:
glosses: To sabotage machinery or tools as part of an industrial dispute, particularly the tools of a workman who went against the union.
tags: Northern-England
obsolete
Forms:
form: rattens
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rattening
tags: participle
present
form: rattened
tags: participle
past
form: rattened
tags: past