gat
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡæt/
- Rhymes: -æt
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.
- 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 (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
- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep.
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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 accident. Biggie got in front of my Glock when I was bustin' slugs at some mothaf***a.
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Etymology 2
From guitar, by shortening.
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- (New Zealand, slang) A guitar
Verb
gat
- (Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past tense of get
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 19:27:
- And Abraham gat up early in the morning
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Etymology 4
From Icelandic gat.
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- An opening between sandbanks; a strait.
Etymology 5
From Korean 갓 (gat).
Alternative forms
- kat
Noun
gat (plural gats)
- A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
See also
- gat-toothed
Anagrams
- ATG, GTA, TAG, TGA, tag
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gat (“hole, gap; arse”), from Middle Dutch gat, from Old Dutch *gat, from Proto-Germanic *gatą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χat/
Audio (file)
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
Synonyms
- (gap): gaping
- (golf): putjie
Derived terms
- gatvol
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
- gatkant
- kaalgat
Anagrams
- agt
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan gat, from Late Latin cattus (“cat”). Compare Occitan gat~cat, French chat, Spanish gato.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɡat/
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -at
Noun
gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)
- cat (feline animal)
- jack (device for lifting heavy objects)
- cat shark
Synonyms
- (cat): mix (colloquial), moix (colloquial)
Derived terms
- agafar el gat
- donar gat per llebre
- el gat i la rata
- esgatinyar-se
- estar com el gat i el gos
- gatada
- gatassa
- gat cerval
- gat d'algàlia
- gat dels frares
- gat de mar
- gat escaldat amb aigua tèbia en té prou
- gat fer
- gatinada
- gatinyar-se
- gatmaimó
- gat mesquer
- gatonera
- gat salvatge
- haver-hi gat amagat
- quatre gats
- semblar un gat escorxat
- tenir el gat
Related terms
- gata
- gatet
Adjective
gat (feminine gata, masculine plural gats, feminine plural gates)
- (Mallorca) drunk
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, 2023
- “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
- IPA(key): /ɡat/
Noun
gat (singular definite gattet, plural indefinite gatter)
- (zoology) anus (of an animal, fish especially)
- (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
- IPA(key): /ɣɑt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gat
- Rhymes: -ɑt
Noun
gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)
- gap, hole
- Synonyms: hol, opening
- godforsaken place, hamlet
- Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
- (archaic) port
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gat
Noun
gat n or m (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n)
- (vulgar) arsehole, asshole
- (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
- "Het regent" (nursery rhyme).
Derived terms
- buitengaats
- gaatels
- gatenkaas
- gatenteil
- gatlikker
- knoopsgat
- mangat
- 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
- Afrikaans: gat
- Berbice Creole Dutch: gati
- Jersey Dutch: xjât, hât
- Negerhollands: gat, gad
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaːt/
- Rhymes: -aːt
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
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
- 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.
- Ég gat ekki stöðvað hana.
- third-person singular active present indicative of geta
See also
- hola
Lombard
Alternative forms
- gatt, gàtt (Western orthographies)
- gàt (Eastern orthographies)
Etymology
From Latin cattus ("cat"), cognate to Ligurian Italian gatto, Catalan and Piedmontese gat, Spanish gato.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡat/
- IPA(key): [ɡat] (Western, Eastern)
- IPA(key): [ɡat], [ɡɛt], [ɟɛt] (Ticinese)
Noun
gat m (masculine plural gatj, feminine singular gata, feminine plural gate)
- cat
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gatь (“dike”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian hat, Polish gać, Serbo-Croatian gat (“ditch, dam”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡat/
Noun
gat m (diminutive gaśik)
- pond
- dam, embankment
Declension
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
- gatny
- gatojski
- pódgataŕ
- pódgatki
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
- IPA(key): /ɡat/
Verb
gat
- Medial form of gate
Middle English
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“gate”)
Noun
gat
- Alternative form of gate (“way”)
Noun
gat
- (Northern, Early Middle English) Alternative form of goot
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
gat
- past tense of gjeta
Noun
gat n (definite singular gatet, indefinite plural gat, definite plural gata or gati)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of gatt
Nuer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡat], [ɡad]
Noun
gat
- son
Occitan
Alternative forms
- cat
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Late Latin cattus (compare Catalan gat, French chat). See cat for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡat]
Audio (file)
Noun
gat m (plural gats, feminine gata, feminine plural gatas)
- a cat
Related terms
- gata
- gatet
Old English
![](Images/wiktionary/Grenadine_Goat_and_Kids.jpg.webp)
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
- IPA(key): /ɡɑːt/
Noun
gāt f
- goat
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | gāt | gǣt |
accusative | gāt | gǣt |
genitive | gǣt, gāte | gāta |
dative | gǣt | gātum |
Hyponyms
- bucca (“male goat”)
- tiċċen (“kid”)
Derived terms
- gāthierde
Descendants
- Middle English: goot, got, gat, gote, goet, goth, gathe, geet
- English: goat (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: gait, gayt
- Yola: geearth, geearte, gurth, gearded
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gatą
Noun
gat n
- hole, opening
Descendants
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt
Verb
gat
- 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
Etymology
![](Images/wiktionary/Cat03.jpg.webp)
From Late Latin cattus (“cat”). See the etymology at cat for further details.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡat/, [ˈɡaɐ̯t]
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
From Hungarian gát.
Noun
gat n (plural gaturi)
- (Transylvania) dam
Declension
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
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) giat
Etymology
From Late Latin cattus.
Noun
gat m (plural gats)
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) cat
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɡât/
Noun
gȁt m (Cyrillic spelling га̏т)
- ditch
- dam
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gȁt | gàtovi |
genitive | gata | gatova |
dative | gatu | gatovima |
accusative | gat | gatove |
vocative | gate | gatovi |
locative | gatu | gatovima |
instrumental | gatom | gatovima |
References
- “gat” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Tok Pisin
Alternative forms
- igat
Etymology
From English got.
Verb
gat
- 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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Derived terms
- gat bel
- igat
- nogat
Venetian
Alternative forms
- gato (Standard)
Etymology
Compare Venetian gato and Italian gatto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡat/
- Hyphenation: gàt
Noun
gat m (plural gati)
- (Belluno, Northern Treviso, Chipilo) cat