gat

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Translations 1.1.2 Verb 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Catalan 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 4 Croatian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Declension 5 Dutch 5.1 Noun 5.1.1 Derived terms 5.1.2 Synonyms 6 Occitan 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Synonyms 7 Old English 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Declension 7.3.2 Descendants 7.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Verb

to 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.

[edit] Etymology 2

From guitar, by shortening

[edit] Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of agt
• GTA
• tag
• TGA

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch gat 'hole'

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gat

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

[edit] Derived terms

• kaalgat (adjective)
• gatvol
• gaatjie

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin cattus (“‘cat’”)

[edit] Noun

gat m. (plural gats)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• mix
• moix

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Noun

gat m (plural gatovi)

1. A ditch
2. A dam

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

gat n. (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje, diminutive plural gaatjes)

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

[edit] Derived terms

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• (hole) hol, opening
• (gotforsaken place) uithoek

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[edit] Occitan

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin cattus 'cat'

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [gat]

[edit] Noun

gat m. (plural gats)

1. A cat

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• cat

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɑːt/

[edit] Noun

gāt f.

1. A (female) goat, nanny-goat

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Descendants

• English: goat

[edit] See also

• bucca