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gat.

A Gatling gun.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡæt/
  1. A Gatling gun.

    archaic · slang
  2. Any type of gun, usually a pistol.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

verb/ɡæt/
  1. To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

noun/ɡæt/
  1. A guitar.

    New-Zealand · slang
Where this word comes from

From guitar, by shortening.

noun/ɡæt/
  1. An inshore channel or strait dividing two landmasses (such as two islands or sandbanks, or an island and a peninsula, etc) or connecting coastal waters with the open sea, especially on the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.

Where this word comes from

From Dutch gat and/or Middle Low German gat. Compare Icelandic gat.

noun/ɡæt/
  1. A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.

Where this word comes from

From Korean 갓 (gat).

noun/ɡæt/
  1. Guinness (type of beer).

    Ireland · slang · uncountable
verb/ɡæt/
  1. Simple past of get.

    Northern-England · Scotland · archaic · form-of · past
noun/ɡæt/
  1. Alternative spelling of khat.

    alt-of · alternative
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