Wiktionary

gat

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

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

NounEdit

gat (plural gats)

  1. (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
  2. (originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
    • 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, Death Row Records, performed by Dr. Dre:
      It'll make you drop to your knees 'cause you realize, that a gat'll make any nigga civilized.
    • 1994, Juicy‎[1] (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G., 1:45 from the start:
      I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff
      I was too used to packin' gats and stuff
TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

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 2Edit

From guitar, by shortening.

NounEdit

gat (plural gats)

  1. (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

gat

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

Etymology 4Edit

From Icelandic gat.

NounEdit

gat (plural gats)

  1. An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

Etymology 5Edit

 
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From Korean 갓 (gat).

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

gat (plural gats)

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

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /χat/
  • Audio(file)

NounEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

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.

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)

  1. cat (feline animal)
  2. jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
  3. cat shark

SynonymsEdit

  • (cat): mix (colloquial), moix (colloquial)

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. (Mallorca) drunk

ReferencesEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)

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

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)

  1. gap, hole
    Synonyms: hol, opening
  2. godforsaken place, hamlet
    Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
  3. (archaic) port

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: gat

NounEdit

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

  1. (vulgar) arsehole, asshole
  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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

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.
DeclensionEdit
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 termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

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 alsoEdit

LombardEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

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

  1. cat

Lower SorbianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gat m (diminutive gaśik)

  1. pond
  2. dam, embankment

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • 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 CreoleEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

gat

  1. Medial form of gate

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“gate”)

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

gat

  1. Alternative form of gate (“way”)

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

gat

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

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Etymology 1Edit

VerbEdit

gat

  1. past tense of gjeta

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

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

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gatt

NuerEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gat

  1. son

OccitanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. a cat

Related termsEdit

Old EnglishEdit

 
Wīflīcu gāt and twā tiċċenu

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gāt f

  1. goat

DeclensionEdit

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

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą

NounEdit

gat n

  1. hole, opening
DescendantsEdit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

gat

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

ReferencesEdit

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

RomagnolEdit

FWOTD – 5 July 2014

EtymologyEdit

 
E’ gat

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡat/, [ˈɡaɐ̯t]

NounEdit

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.

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Hungarian gát.

NounEdit

gat n (plural gaturi)

  1. (Transylvania) dam

DeclensionEdit

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

RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • giat (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)

EtymologyEdit

From Late Latin cattus.

NounEdit

gat m (plural gats)

  1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

gȁt m (Cyrillic spelling га̏т)

  1. ditch
  2. dam

DeclensionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • “gat” in Hrvatski jezični portal

TagalogEdit

NounEdit

gat (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gat

Further readingEdit

Tok PisinEdit

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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English got.

VerbEdit

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 termsEdit

VenetianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Venetian gato and Italian gatto.

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

gat m (plural gati)

  1. (Belluno, Northern Treviso, Chipilo) cat
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