gat
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- noun
- /ɡæt/
- Archaic
:
pistola (informal)
- I got a gat in my hand
- get a gat
- give me that gat
- need a gat
Let's all put down our gats, as they call them.
- Let's all put down our gats, as they call them.
Examples
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Damn, I ain't even got my gat.
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You're not the first guy I've met tonight who thinks a gat in the hand means the world by the tail.
Blog text (17) -
You gonna bring a gat to a funeral?
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"I need a gat."
Fiction book (2002) -
My rod, my piece, my iron, my heater, my gat, my lead-hurler!
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I USED TO GO CRAZY WHEN I HEARD HIM COMING, BUT I KNEW WHERE HE KEPT HIS GAT.
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He showed off his new gat during the meeting, making everyone uneasy.
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In the gritty film, the gangster always pulled out his gat in tense situations.
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During the heist, the criminals wielded their gats with confidence.
Synonyms
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A small gun carried by criminals to threaten people
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word gat probably comes from the name Gatling, as in the Gatling gun, an early machine gun, and people shortened that name to gat. So today gat is slang for a pistol or revolver, often used for the kind of guns you hear about in stories of criminals and gangsters.