gat
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
- (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[1] (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 [pseudonym], 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.
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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.
- 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[sic] 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)
- (New Zealand, slang) A guitar
Etymology 3
Verb
gat
- (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past of get
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:27:
- And Abraham gat up early in the morning
Etymology 4
Noun
gat (plural gats)
Etymology 5
Alternative forms
Noun
gat (plural gats)
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)
- hole; perforation
- gap; opening
- Hy't 'n gat in sy opvoeding.
- He has a gap in his education.
- hole or hollowed out area used as a shelter or home by animals
- (figuratively) dump; a run-down living space, room or house
- Jinne! Jy bly in 'n gat!
- Man! You live in a dump!
- (golf) hole; cup
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Noun
gat (plural gatte, diminutive gatjie)
- (vulgar) anus
- (crude) rump; buttocks; bum; ass; backside of a human
- Sit op jou gat!
- Sit on your ass!
- 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
- (backside, ass): agterstewe, blaker, stert
- (anus): hol, poephol
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)
- cat (feline animal)
- jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
- A catshark, especially the small-spotted catshark.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- agafar el gat
- donar gat per llebre
- el gat i la rata
- esgatinyar-se
- estar com el gat i el gos
- gat cerval
- gat d'algàlia
- gat de mar
- gat dels frares
- gat escaldat amb aigua tèbia en té prou
- gat fer
- gat lleopard
- gat mesquer
- gat ratllat
- gat salvatge
- gatada
- gatassa
- gatinar
- gatinyar-se
- gatmaimó
- gató
- gatvaire
- haver-hi gat amagat
- quatre gats
- semblar un gat escorxat
- tenir el gat
Related terms
Adjective
gat (feminine gata, masculine plural gats, feminine plural gates)
References
- “gat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.
Pronunciation
Noun
gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)
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)
- 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.
- godforsaken place, hamlet
- Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
- (archaic) port
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gat
Derived terms
- buitengaats
- gaatels
- gatenkaas
- gatenteil
- knoopsgat
- mangat
- praatjes vullen geen gaatjes
- witgat
- er geen gat in zien (“to see no way out”)
- in de gaten (“with an eye on”)
- niet voor één gat te vangen (“resourceful, slippery”)
Descendants
Noun
gat n or m (plural gatten or gaten, diminutive gatje n or gaatje n)
- (vulgar) arsehole
- (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.
- 1931, Antoon Coolen, De goede moordenaar[2]:
- Dan vat hij het klein jongske van de grond en zet het op zijn gatje op het grote paard.
- Then he picks up the little boy from the ground and puts him on his ass on the big horse.
- "Het regent" (nursery rhyme).
Derived terms
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.
Noun
gat n (genitive singular gats, nominative plural göt)
- 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.
- (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
Derived terms
- standa á gati (to be unable to answer a question, to be at a loss)
- reka einhvern á gat (to stump somebody, to ask somebody a question he cannot answer)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gat
- first-person singular active present indicative of geta
- Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
- I couldn't stop her.
- 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)
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)
Declension
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
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“gate”)
Etymology 2
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Etymology 3
Noun
gat
- (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of goot
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
gat
Etymology 2
Noun
gat n (definite singular gatet, indefinite plural gat, definite plural gata or gati)
Nuer
Pronunciation
Noun
gat
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)
- a cat
Related terms
Old English
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
Declension
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą
Noun
gat n
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt
Etymology 2
Verb
gat
References
- “gat”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Romagnol
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.
Pronunciation
Noun
gat m (plural ghët)
- 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.
- December 2007, Vincenzo Sanchini, Tigrin e Biancon in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 8:
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian gát, from Proto-Slavic *gatь.
Noun
gat n (plural gaturi)
Declension
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus.
Noun
gat m (plural gats)
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)
Declension
Further reading
- “gat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tagalog
Noun
gat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔)
- Alternative letter-case form of Gat
Further reading
- “gat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
gat
Derived terms
Venetian
Alternative forms
- gato (Standard)
Etymology
Compare Venetian gato and Italian gatto.
Pronunciation
Noun
gat m (plural gati)
- (Belluno, Northern Treviso, Chipilo) cat
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