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See also: Gat, gát, gât, gắt, -gat, and гать

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

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.
    Synonyms: piece; see also Thesaurus:firearm
    • 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
    • 1992, “A Nigga Witta Gun”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records:
      It'll make you drop to your knees 'cause you realize, that a gat'll make any nigga civilized.
    • 1994, 1:45 from the start, in Juicy‎ (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.:
      I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff
      I was too used to packin' gats and stuff
    • 2006, Noire , Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 115:
      Pimp pulled out his gat and let it hang in his hand. His message was clear.
Translations

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.
    • 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.

Etymology 2

From guitar, by shortening.

Noun

gat (plural gats)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

Etymology 3

Verb

gat

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

Etymology 4

From Icelandic gat.

Noun

gat (plural gats)

  1. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

Etymology 5

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Wikipedia

From Korean 갓 (gat).

Alternative forms

Noun

gat (plural gats)

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

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gat (“hole, gap; arse”), from Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat (plural gate, diminutive gaatjie)

  1. hole; perforation
  2. gap; opening
    Hy't 'n gat in sy opvoeding.
    He has a gap in his education.
  3. hole or hollowed out area used as a shelter or home by animals
  4. (figuratively) dump; a run-down living space, room or house
    Jinne! Jy bly in 'n gat!
    Man! You live in a dump!
  5. (golf) hole; cup

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

gat (plural gatte, diminutive gatjie)

  1. (vulgar) anus
  2. (crude) rump; buttocks; bum; ass; backside of a human
    Sit op jou gat!
    Sit on your ass!
  3. the backside of animals or objects
    Die olifant staan met sy gat na ons toe.
    The elephant is standing with his backside turned to us.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan gat, from Late Latin cattus (“cat”). Compare Occitan gat~cat, French chat, Spanish gato.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)

  1. cat (feline animal)
  2. jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
  3. A catshark, especially the small-spotted catshark.

Synonyms

  • (cat): mix (colloquial), moix (colloquial)
  • (small-spotted catshark): gat ver

Derived terms

Related terms

Adjective

gat (feminine gata, masculine plural gats, feminine plural gates)

  1. (Mallorca) drunk

References

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)

  1. (zoology) anus (of an animal, fish especially)
  2. (nautical) scupper

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-West Germanic *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą. Doublet of gate.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)

  1. gap, hole
    Synonyms: hol, opening
    Het kind viel door een gat in de omheining.
    The child fell through a gap in the fence.
    Er zit een groot gat in de muur na het verwijderen van het schilderij.
    There is a big hole in the wall after removing the painting.
    Het lek in het dak veroorzaakte een gat waar het water naar binnen stroomde.
    The leak in the roof caused a gap where the water flowed in.
  2. godforsaken place, hamlet
    Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
  3. (archaic) port

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: gat

Noun

gat n or m (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)

  1. (vulgar) arsehole
  2. (by extension, informal) the buttocks, butt, bum, rear-end, bottom of a person or animal
    • "Het regent" (nursery rhyme).
      Het regent, het regent, / de pannetjes worden nat. / Er kwamen twee soldaatjes aan, / die vielen op hun gat.
      It's raining, it's raining, / the roof tiles are getting wet. / Two soldiers were coming near, / who fell on their buttocks.
    Synonym: achterste

Derived terms

Descendants

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

Noun

gat n (genitive singular gats, nominative plural göt)

  1. hole, perforation (an opening through a solid body)
    Hann notaði skóna þangað til komið var gat á þá.
    He used the shoes until they had got a hole in them.
  2. (colloquial, school) a gap in a fixed schedule, an unassigned time in the schedule, usually between classes; break, free period
    Ég er í gati milli níu og hálfellefu á fimmtudögum.
    I have a break between nine and half past ten on Thursdays.
Declension
declension of gat
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gat gatið göt götin
accusative gat gatið göt götin
dative gati gatinu götum götunum
genitive gats gatsins gata gatanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gat

  1. first-person singular active present indicative of geta
    Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
    I couldn't stop her.
  2. third-person singular active present indicative of geta

See also

Lombard

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cattus ("cat"), cognate to Ligurian Italian gatto, Catalan and Piedmontese gat, Spanish gato.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat m (masculine plural gatj, feminine singular gata, feminine plural gate)

  1. cat

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian hat, Polish gać, Serbo-Croatian gat (“ditch, dam”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gat m inan (diminutive gaśik)

  1. pond
  2. dam, embankment

Declension

Declension of gat
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative gat gata gaty
Genitive gata gatowu gatow
Dative gatoju gatoma gatam
Accusative gat gata gaty
Instrumental gatom gatoma gatami
Locative gaśe gatoma gatach

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “gat”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “gat”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

Verb

gat

  1. Medial form of gate

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“gate”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Etymology 3

Noun

gat

  1. (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of goot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

gat

  1. past tense of gjeta

Etymology 2

Noun

gat n (definite singular gatet, indefinite plural gat, definite plural gata or gati)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gatt

Nuer

Pronunciation

Noun

gat

  1. son

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat). See cat for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)

  1. a cat

Related terms

Old English

Wīflīcu gāt and twā tiċċenu

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaits. Cognate with Old Frisian *gāt, Old Saxon gēt, Old Dutch *geit, Old High German geiz, Old Norse geit, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍃 (gaits); and with Latin haedus (“kid”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gāt f

  1. goat

Declension

Declension of gat (strong consonant stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative gāt gǣt
accusative gāt gǣt
genitive gǣt, gāte gāta
dative gǣt gātum

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą

Noun

gat n

  1. hole, opening
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt

Etymology 2

Verb

gat

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of geta

References

  • “gat”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romagnol

FWOTD – 5 July 2014

Etymology

E’ gat

From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.

Pronunciation

Noun

gat m (plural ghët)

  1. cat (Felis silvestris catus, a domesticated feline commonly kept as a house pet)
    • December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8:
      S'i padrùn gio tla pianura,\ chi por gat j è armast te' ghét,\ in s'è mòs da meda tl'éra,\ a raspè mla porta tchjusa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian gát, from Proto-Slavic *gatь.

Noun

gat n (plural gaturi)

  1. (Transylvania) dam

Declension

Declension of gat
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gat gatul (niște) gaturi gaturile
genitive/dative (unui) gat gatului (unor) gaturi gaturilor
vocative gatule gaturilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin cattus.

Noun

gat m (plural gats)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”). Cognate with Slovak hať (“dam”), Upper Sorbian hat, Polish gać, Lower Sorbian gat (“pond, dam”), and Russian гать (gatʹ, “causeway”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gȁt m (Cyrillic spelling га̏т)

  1. ditch
  2. dam

Declension

Declension of gat
singular plural
nominative gȁt gàtovi
genitive gata gatova
dative gatu gatovima
accusative gat gatove
vocative gate gatovi
locative gatu gatovima
instrumental gatom gatovima

Further reading

  • “gat” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tagalog

Noun

gat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gat

Further reading

  • “gat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From English got.

Verb

gat

  1. have
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:
      Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”
      →New International Version translation

Derived terms

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Venetian gato and Italian gatto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡat/
  • Hyphenation: gàt

Noun

gat m (plural gati)

  1. (Belluno, Northern Treviso, Chipilo) cat
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