gat (redirected from GATS)

gat ¹  (gt)

n.

A narrow passage extending inland from a shore; a channel.

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[Probably Dutch, from Middle Dutch.]

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gat ²  (gt)

n. Slang

A pistol.

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[Short for Gat(ling gun).]

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gat ³  (gt)

v. Archaic

A past tense of get.

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gat¹

vb

Archaic a past tense of get

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gat²

n

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Slang chiefly US a pistol or revolver

[shortened from Gatling gun]

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gat³

n

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a narrow channel of water

[probably from Old Norse gat passage; related to gate¹]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gat - a gangster's pistol rod handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

Translations

gat (o.f.) [gæt] N (US) (= gun) → revólver m, quitapenas m

gat

n (US sl) → Kanone f (sl), → Knarre f (sl)