rug rat

slang

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Recent Examples of rug rat Third row seats are best left for rug rats, or folded. cleveland, 22 Feb. 2020 Your standard maternal protagonist is not dropping a trail of pacifiers behind her, swilling goblets of red wine the minute her rug rats are in bed, and secretly vaping in the linen closet? Chloe Schama, Vogue, 14 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rug rat
Noun
  • Since the beginning of the year, Bluey, Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse have emerged as the Top 3 streaming shows in the U.S. for preschoolers.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 29 May 2025
  • The program is designed for preschoolers, but children of all ages are welcome. —National Trails Day, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 7.
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Camargo acknowledged that lenient sentences have encouraged armed groups to recruit minors to commit crimes.
    Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • In her remarks, Bondi strayed beyond what was alleged in the indictment, claiming that Abrego Garcia played a role in the murder of a rival gang member's mother and solicited naked pictures from a minor.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Her mother, now an author, was a Freudian therapist who worked with children and adolescents.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 5 June 2025
  • Even more revealing, research shows that up to 22% of children and adolescents struggle with disordered eating.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • During the 2023 to 2024 school year, 92.7% of kindergartners received the MMR vaccine, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 June 2025
  • In the 2023-24 school year, just over 88% of kindergartners had received all doses of all vaccines required, below the 95% the CDC says ensures protection for most people in a community.
    Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Many of his followers are schoolboys — something that has sparked concern among educators worldwide.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 28 May 2025
  • Salmon remembers the day, 20 years ago, when the schoolboy Aina came to Chelsea’s attention… LTD stands for Little Thurrock Dynamos.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • In a Monday statement, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong said China and Japan were working toward a constructive and stable relationship, and expressed his regret over the death of the Japanese schoolchild.
    Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Louisiana just enthusiastically passed a law designed to convert every schoolchild in the state to Christianity.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
Noun
  • By the time Arturo was a toddler and Iris an infant, the family had settled full time in Oxford.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The goal is for the endowment to help pay the costs to create 16,000 spaces for preschool, infants, and toddlers by 2030.
    Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
Noun
  • The center ensures proper nourishment for newborns in critical condition, including many born prematurely.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • The new parents announced their son’s arrival a few days after his birth, sharing a joint Instagram post with a photo of the newborn sleeping next to a wooden sign.
    Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 6 June 2025

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“Rug rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rug%20rat. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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