gat

See also gát, gắt, gât, and Gat

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
2. (slang, 1920's gangster) Any type of gun; usually in reference to a pistol.
   • 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep.

     You're the second guy I've met within hours who seems to think a gat in the hand means a world by the tail.

   • 1988, N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton

     Goin' off on a motherfucker like that

     With a gat that's pointed at yo ass

Translations

A Gatling gun

• Finnish: gatling

Any type of gun

• Finnish: ampuma-ase (fi), pyssy (fi)

• French: flingue (fr) m
• Russian: пушка (ru) (púška) f

Verb

gat (third-person singular simple present gats, present participle gatting, simple past and past participle gatted)

1. (slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
   • 2000, George Nelson, One Woman Short, page 27:

     He in a black suit in a coffin, gatted by a junkie for his fake Rolex watch at a taco stand on Western.

   • 2002, Brian A. Massey, Shadow Clock‎, page 293:

     Vance's death scene would have a racy romantic glamour, sort of like Dillinger gatted at the Biograph, Pretty Boy slain in the cornfield, Bonnie and Clyde ambushed in their Ford Roadster.

   • 2005, Lewis Grossberger, Turn that down!, page 198:

     Fact I was chillin' with Notorious BIG when he got gatted. It was a accident. Biggie got in front of my Glock when I was bustin' slugs at some mothaf***a.

Etymology 2

From guitar, by shortening

Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

Etymology 3

Verb

gat

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

   And Abraham gat up early in the morning (Genesis 19²⁷)

Anagrams

• GTA, tag, TGA

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gat (“hole”).

Noun

gat (plural gate)

1. hole
2. vent
3. (vulgar) The anus and by extension the bottom

Derived terms

• kaalgat (adjective)
• gatvol
• gaatjie

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gat/, X-SAMPA: /gat/
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus (“cat”).

Noun

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)

1. cat (feline animal)
2. jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
3. cat shark

Synonyms

• mix
• moix

Derived terms

• agafar el gat
• esgatinyar-se
• donar gat per llebre
• el gat i la rata
• estar com el gat i el gos
• gat cerval
• gat d'algàlia
• gat de mar
• gat dels frares
• gat escaldat amb aigua tèbia en té prou
• gat fer
• gat mesquer
• gat salvatge
• gatada
• gatinada
• gatinyar-se
• gatonera
• haver-hi gat amagat
• quatre gats
• semblar un gat escorxat
• tenir el gat

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje)

1. A gap, hole
2. A godforsaken place, hamlet
3. (vulgar) An arsehole
4. (archaic) A port

Synonyms

• (hole): hol, opening
• (godforsaken place): uithoek, midden van nergens

Derived terms

buitengaats gaatels gatenkaas gatenteil gatlikker knoopsgat mangat er geen gat in zien (“to see no way out”) in de gaten (“with an eye on”) niet voor één gat te vangen (“resourceful, slippery”)

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaːt/

  Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

gat n (genitive singular gats, plural göt)

1. a hole, a opening

   Passaðu þig á gatinu.

   Mind the gap.

Declension

declension of gat

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gat	gatið	göt	götin
accusative	gat	gatið	göt	götin
dative	gati	gatinu	götum	götunum
genitive	gats	gatsins	gata	gatanna

Derived terms

• standa á gati (to be unable to answer a question, to be at a loss)
• reka einhvern á gat (to stump somebody, to ask somebody a question he cannot answer)

Verb

gat

1. first-person singular active present indicative of geta

   Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.

   I couldn't stop her.

2. third-person singular active present indicative of geta

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Lojban

Rafsi

gat

1. rafsi of gasta.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• cat

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡat]

Noun

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata, feminine plural, gatas)

1. A cat

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaid-. Cognate with Old Saxon gēt, Old High German geiz (German Geiß), Old Norse geit (Danish ged, Swedish get), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɑːt/

Noun

gāt f

1. A (female) goat, nanny-goat

Declension

    Declension of gat

	Singular	Plural
nominative	gāt	gǣt, gēt
accusative	gāt	gǣt, gēt
genitive	gāte, gǣte	gāta
dative	gǣt	gātum

Descendants

• Middle English: gote, goot, got, gat
  • Scots: gait, gayt
  • English: goat

See also

• bucca

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Romagnol

E’ gat

Etymology

From Latin cattus (“cat”), from Late Egyptian čaute, feminine of čaus (“jungle cat; African wildcat”), from earlier tešau (“female cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgat/, [ˈgaɐ̯t]

Noun

gat m (plural ghét)

1. cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)
   • December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8:

     S'i padrùn gio tla pianura,\ chi por gat j è armast te' ghét,\ in s'è mòs da meda tl'éra,\ a raspè mla porta tchjusa.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) giat

Noun

gat m (plural gats)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

gat m (Cyrillic spelling гат)

1. A ditch
2. A dam

Declension

    declension of gat

	singular	plural
nominative	gat	gatovi
genitive	gata	gatova
dative	gatu	gatovima
accusative	gat	gatove
vocative	gate	gatovi
locative	gatu	gatovima
instrumental	gatom	gatovima

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Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• igat

Etymology

From English got.

Verb

gat

1. have
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:20 (translation here):

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

Derived terms

• gat bel
• igat
• nogat

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