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gat

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡæt/
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  • Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1

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Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

Noun

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gat (plural gats)

  1. (archaic, slang) 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[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

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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[sic] accident. Biggie got in front of my Glock when I was bustin' slugs at some mothaf***a.

Etymology 2

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From guitar, by shortening.

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gat (plural gats)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar.

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gat

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

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From Icelandic gat.

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gat (plural gats)

  1. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

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From Korean 갓 (gat).

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gat (plural gats)

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

  1. Alternative spelling of khat.

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gat (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, slang) Guinness (type of beer).
    • 2021, T. M. Cromer, Pints & Potions:
      Ruairí can tell you who goes to what bill, and I can spare a few minutes to show you how to pour a proper pint of gat.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

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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

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Noun

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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.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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

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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.

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

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

  1. (Mallorca) drunk

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Danish

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

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gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ɣɑt/
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    Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gat
  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun

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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

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  • Afrikaans: gat

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gat n or m (plural gatten or gaten, diminutive gatje n or 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.
      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.
    Synonyms: achterste, kont, (vulgar) reet

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Icelandic

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Etymology 1

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

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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.
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Declension of gat (neuter)
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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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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

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Lombard

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ɡat/
    • IPA(key): [ɡat] (Western, Eastern)
    • IPA(key): [ɡat], [ɡɛt], [ɟɛt] (Ticinese)

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

  1. cat

Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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

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gat m inan (diminutive gaśik)

  1. pond
  2. dam, embankment

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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

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gat

  1. Medial form of gate

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“gate”)

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gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

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gat

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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gat

  1. past tense of gjeta

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gatt

Nuer

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gat

  1. son

Occitan

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

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

  1. a cat
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Old English

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Wīflīċu gāt and tū tiċċenu

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

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gāt f

  1. goat
    • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 24‎[3]:
      Iċ eom wunderliċu wiht, wrǣsne mīne stefne, hwīlum beorce swā hund, hwīlum blǣte swā gāt, hwīlum grǣde swā gōs, hwīlum ġielle swā hafoc,…
      I am a wonderful thing, change my voice, sometimes bark like a hound, sometimes bleat like a goat, sometimes cry like a goose, sometimes yell like a hawk,…

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Strong consonant stem:

singular plural
nominative gāt gǣt
accusative gāt gǣt
genitive gǣt, gāte gāta
dative gǣt gātum

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą.

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gat n

  1. hole, opening
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  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt

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Verb

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gat

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

Further reading

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  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gat”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Romagnol

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FWOTD – 5 July 2014

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E’ gat

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡat/, [ˈɡaɐ̯t]

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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

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

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gat n (plural gaturi)

  1. (Transylvania) dam

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Declension of gat
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gat gatul gaturi gaturile
genitive-dative gat gatului gaturi gaturilor
vocative gatule gaturilor

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From Late Latin cattus.

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gat m (plural gats)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat

Serbo-Croatian

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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”).

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gȁt m (Cyrillic spelling га̏т)

  1. ditch
  2. dam

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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

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  • “gat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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gat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gat

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

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Tok Pisin

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From English got.

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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

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Venetan

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gat m (plural gati) (Belluno, northern Treviso, Chipilo)

  1. Alternative form of gato

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  • “gat”, in el Galepin – www.elgalepin.com
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