"gat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US] Forms: gats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Gatling gun}} Gatling gun Head templates: {{en-noun}} gat (plural gats)
  1. (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun. Tags: archaic, slang Translations (A Gatling gun): gatling (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-gat-en-noun-PL5QCCl6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 9 10 10 16 6 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 39 6 7 6 10 4 28 Disambiguation of 'A Gatling gun': 94 6
  2. (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol. Synonyms: piece, firearm Translations (Any type of gun): ampuma-ase (Finnish), pyssy (Finnish), flingue [masculine] (French), stukker (Hungarian), пу́шка (púška) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gat-en-noun-19wxPXqr Disambiguation of 'Any type of gun': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US] Forms: gats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From guitar, by shortening. Etymology templates: {{m|en|guitar}} guitar Head templates: {{en-noun}} gat (plural gats)
  1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar Tags: New-Zealand, slang
    Sense id: en-gat-en-noun-QXJWublT Categories (other): New Zealand English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US] Forms: gats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Icelandic gat. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|is|gat}} Icelandic gat Head templates: {{en-noun}} gat (plural gats)
  1. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.
    Sense id: en-gat-en-noun-ibdQP7zQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US] Forms: gats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Korean 갓 (gat). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|갓}} Korean 갓 (gat) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gat (plural gats)
  1. A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen. Synonyms: kat Related terms: gat-toothed
    Sense id: en-gat-en-noun-USGWNeoz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US] Forms: gats [present, singular, third-person], gatting [participle, present], gatted [participle, past], gatted [past]
Rhymes: -æt Etymology: From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Gatling gun}} Gatling gun Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-gat-en-verb-uAOJ01XS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡæt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-gat.wav [US]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gat
  1. (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past of get Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, form-of, past Form of: get
    Sense id: en-gat-en-verb-jxPRhSLX Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gat meaning in English (9.8kB)

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