packrat
IPA: pˈækræt
noun
- Alternative form of pack rat [Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.]
verb
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To hoard things.
pack rat
IPA: pˈækrˈæt
noun
- Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.
- One who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary things.
pack-rat
IPA: pˈækræt
noun
- Alternative spelling of pack rat [Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails.]
Examples of "packrat" in Sentences
Examples of "pack-rat" in Sentences
- The right course is probably somewhere between being a pack-rat and a compulsive neat freak.
- Mr. Kinoy attributed the pack-rat retention of the 16mm reels to his years working on advertisements.
- He was a pack-rat, an eccentric, a recluse, a collector, an artist, a dreamer, a devoted recycler and a fanatic tinkerer.
- Self proclaimed pack-rat and the design mastermind behind the eco-fashion line Study Tara St. James knows how to make upcycling look good.
- I used to be a digital pack-rat and it took me a long time to realize how much time I was wasting doing nothing more than collecting content I'd never use.
- One day, Banksy calls him on his bluff, asking when the odd and clumsy self-described filmmaker is finally going to cobble together a documentary film out of the footage he's hoarded in crates like a pack-rat.
- One day, Banksy calls him on his bluff, asking when the odd and clumsy self-described filmmaker is finally going to cobble together a documentary film (out of the footage he's hoarded in crates like a pack-rat).
- Where "50/50" comes delightfully alive is in its ever more romantic encounters between Adam, who desperately needs a special someone to hold him together, and Katherine, who, given her pack-rat predilections and her pitiful inexperience, seems the least likely of Seattle's therapists to do so.