GAT

gat, rod

(noun) a gangster’s pistol

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

gat (plural gats)

(archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.

(originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.

Verb

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

gat (plural gats)

(New Zealand, slang) A guitar

Etymology 3

Verb

gat

(Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get

Etymology 4

Noun

gat (plural gats)

An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

Etymology 5

Noun

gat (plural gats)

A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.

Anagrams

• ATG, GTA, TAG, TGA, tag

Source: Wiktionary


Gat,

Definition: imp. of Get. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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