Gat Definition

găt
noun
A narrow channel of water as between cliffs or sandbanks.
Webster's New World
A pistol.
Webster's New World
(archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
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(slang, 1920's gangster) Any type of gun; usually in reference to a pistol.

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(New Zealand, slang) A guitar.

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verb
Webster's New World

(slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

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(Scottish and Northern English, or archaic) Simple past tense of get.

And Abraham gat up early in the morning (Genesis 1927)
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Other Word Forms of Gat

Noun

Singular:
gat
Plural:
gats

Origin of Gat

  • From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably Dutch from Middle Dutch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From guitar, by shortening

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for Gat(ling gun)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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