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plural gats
(archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
(originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol. quotations
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.
1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep
Goin' off on a motherfucker like thatWith a gat that's pointed at yo ass
1988, N.W.A, Straight Outta Compton
It'll make you drop to your knees 'cause you realize, that a gat'll make any nigga civilized.
1992, “A Nigga Witta Gun”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records
I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuffI was too used to packin' gats and stuff
1994, 1:45 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.
Pimp pulled out his gat and let it hang in his hand. His message was clear.
2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 115
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. quotations
He in a black suit in a coffin, gatted by a junkie for his fake Rolex watch at a taco stand on Western.
2000, George Nelson, One Woman Short, page 27
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.
2002, Brian A. Massey, Shadow Clock, page 293
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.
2005, Lewis Grossberger, Turn that down!, page 198
(New Zealand, slang) A guitar
(Scotland and Northern England or archaic) simple past of get quotations
And Abraham gat up early in the morning
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 19:27
An opening between sandbanks; a strait. examples
A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen. examples