Funny Term for Gun in British

English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡæt/
Rhymes: -æt

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

Noun [edit]

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.

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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.

Etymology 2 [edit]

From guitar, by shortening

Noun [edit]

gat (plural gats)

( New Zealand, slang ) A guitar

Etymology 3 [edit]

Verb [edit]

gat

( Scotland and Northern England or archaic ) simple past tense of get
- Genesis 19:27
  
  And Abraham gat up early in the morning

Etymology 4 [edit]

From Icelandic [Term?].

Noun [edit]

gat (plural gats)

An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

Etymology 5 [edit]

From Korean 갓 ( gat ).

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

gat (plural gats)

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

Anagrams [edit]

ATG, GTA, TAG, TGA, tag

Afrikaans [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /χat/

Noun [edit]

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 [edit]

( gap ) : gaping
( golf ) : putjie

Derived terms [edit]

gatvol

Noun [edit]

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 [edit]

( backside, ass ) : agterstewe, blaker, stert
( anus ) : hol, poephol

Derived terms [edit]

gatkant
kaalgat

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Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Catalan gat, from Late Latin cattus ( " cat " ). Compare Occitan gat~cat, French chat, Spanish gato.

Pronunciation [edit]

( Balearic, Central, Valencian ) IPA^(key): /ˈɡat/
Rhymes: -at

Noun [edit]

gat m (plural gats, feminine gata)

cat ( feline animal )
jack ( device for lifting heavy objects )
cat shark

Synonyms [edit]

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

Derived terms [edit]

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

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gata
gatet

Adjective [edit]

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

( Mallorca ) drunk

References [edit]

"gat" in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
"gat", in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
"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.

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɣɑt/
Hyphenation: gat
Rhymes: -ɑt

Noun [edit]

gat n (plural gaten, diminutive gaatje n )

gap, hole

Synonyms: hol, opening
godforsaken place, hamlet

Synonyms: uithoek, midden van nergens
( archaic ) port

Descendants [edit]

Afrikaans: gat

Noun [edit]

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

Derived terms [edit]

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 [edit]

Afrikaans: gat
Berbice Creole Dutch: gati
Negerhollands: xjât, hât
Negerhollands: gat, gad

Icelandic [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈkaːt/
Rhymes: -aːt

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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 [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

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 [edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb [edit]

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

Lombard [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

gatt, gàtt (Western orthographies)
gàt (Eastern orthographies)

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

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

Lower Sorbian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡat/

Noun [edit]

gat m (diminutive gaśik)

pond
dam, embankment

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Derived terms [edit]

gatny
gatojski
pódgataŕ
pódgatki

Mauritian Creole [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡat/

Verb [edit]

gat

Medial form of gate

Middle English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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gat

Alternative form of gate ( " gate " )

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

gat

Alternative form of gate ( " way " )

Etymology 3 [edit]

Noun [edit]

gat

( Northern, Early Middle English ) Alternative form of goot

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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gat

past tense of gjeta

Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

( pre-2012 ) alternative form of gatt

Nuer [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): [ɡat], [ɡad]

Noun [edit]

gat

Occitan [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): [ɡat]

Noun [edit]

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

a cat

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gata
gatet

Old English [edit]

Wīflīcu gāt and twā tiċċenu

Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡɑːt/

Noun [edit]

gāt f

goat

Declension [edit]

Declension of gat (strong consonant stem)

Hyponyms [edit]

bucca ( " male goat " )
tiċċen ( " kid " )

Derived terms [edit]

gāthierde

Descendants [edit]

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 [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Noun [edit]

gat n

hole, opening

Descendants [edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk: gatt

Etymology 2 [edit]

Verb [edit]

gat

first/third-person singular past indicative active of geta

References [edit]

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

Romagnol [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡat/, [ˈɡaɐ̯t]

Noun [edit]

gat m (plural ghét)

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 [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Hungarian gát

Noun [edit]

gat n (plural gaturi)

( Transylvania ) dam

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Romansch [edit]

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

Etymology [edit]

From Late Latin cattus.

Noun [edit]

gat m (plural gats )

( Sursilvan, Sutsilvan ) cat

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

IPA^(key): /ɡât/

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gȁt m (Cyrillic spelling га̏т)

ditch
dam

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

"gat" in Hrvatski jezični portal

Tok Pisin [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

igat

Etymology [edit]

From English got.

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gat

have
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin , Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:

Derived terms [edit]

gat bel
igat
nogat

Venetian [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

gato ( Standard )

Etymology [edit]

Compare Venetian gato and Italian gatto.

Pronunciation [edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɡat/
Hyphenation: gàt

Noun [edit]

gat m (plural gati)

( Belluno, Northern Treviso ) cat

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gat

Funny Term for Gun in British

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