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transitive verb, intransitive verb

get

noun

a narrow channel of water as between cliffs or sandbanks

Origin: < Scand, as in Dan, Swed, ON gat, an opening, passage, akin to OE geat: see gate

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noun

Slang a pistol

Origin: < Gat(ling gun)

See gat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A narrow passage extending inland from a shore; a channel.

Origin:

Origin: Probably Dutch

Origin: , from Middle Dutch

noun
Slang

A pistol.

Origin:

Origin: Short for Gat(ling gun)

verb
Archaic

A past tense of get.

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