rater

Meaning

1. (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)
2. (informal, transitive) to screw up; to mess up
3. (intransitive) to fail to fire; to misfire
4. (informal, intransitive) to fail

Concepts

miss

fail

botch

misfire

fall through

lack

lose

missing

omit

past

spoil

get the chop

miss a target

transgress

waste

blunder

be for the chop

err

escape

failing

Synonyms

manquer

échouer

mademoiselle

laisser passer

merder

en retard

évacuer

faillir

immanquablement

inévitablement

laisser échapper

disparaître

dépasser

bâcler

perdre

prier

🛐

saccager

faire faillite

foirer

louper

manquer son coup

omettre de faire

avorter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁa.te/

Etymology

Emerged in the early 1700s, likely originally in reference to a firearm misfiring, from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.