gat

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡæt/

Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
2. (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually 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

• French: flingue
• Russian: пу́шка

Verb

gat (gats, present participle gatting; past and past participle gatted)

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

Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

Verb

1. (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get
   • Genesis 19:27

     And Abraham gat up early in the morning

Noun

gat (plural gats)

1. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

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