gat

noun

1. (archaic, slang)A Gatling gun.
2. Any type of gun, usually a pistol.

   “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.”

   “Goin' off on a motherfucker like that With a gat that's pointed at yo ass”

   “It'll make you drop to your knees 'cause you realize, that a gat'll make any nigga civilized.”

   “I never thought it could happen, this rappin' stuff I was too used to packin' gats and stuff”

   “Pimp pulled out his gat and let it hang in his hand. His message was clear.”

3. (New-Zealand, slang)A guitar.
4. An inshore channel or strait dividing two landmasses (such as two islands or sandbanks, or an island and a peninsula, etc) or connecting coastal waters with the open sea, especially on the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas.

   “Frisian North Sea islands lie off the coast, each interrupted by a gat (eyelet hole), through which the tidal water can enter and run off again. Between the North Sea islands and the coast lies the East Frisian Wadden Sea, which is […]”

5. A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.
6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of khat.
7. (Ireland, slang, uncountable)Guinness (type of beer).

   “Ruairí can tell you who goes to what bill, and I can spare a few minutes to show you how to pour a proper pint of gat.”

8. (Ireland, alt-of, alternative, slang, uncountable)Alternative form of gat (“Guinness beer”).

   “The Irishman ordered an Irish whiskey and a pint of Gat which were brought to him.”

verb

1. (slang)To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

   “He in a black suit in a coffin, gatted by a junkie for his fake Rolex watch at a taco stand on Western.”

   “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.”

   “Fact I was chillin' with Notorious BIG when he got gatted. It was a^([sic]) accident. Biggie got in front of my Glock when I was bustin' slugs at some mothaf***a.”

2. (Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, form-of, past)Simple past of get.

   “And Abraham gat up early in the morning”