rathole (English, verb)
expansion: rathole (third-person singular simple present ratholes, present participle ratholing, simple past and past participle ratholed)
Senses:
glosses: To hoard.
tags: transitive
glosses: To take a conversation off topic, especially in technical meetings.
tags: transitive
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To surreptitiously or prematurely remove chips during a poker game.
tags: transitive
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To exit a cash game and re-enter with a smaller stack.
tags: intransitive
glosses: (of material) To empty only in the center of a hopper or silo, persisting circumferentially.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: ratholes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: ratholing
tags: participle
present
form: ratholed
tags: participle
past
form: ratholed
tags: past