gat
1 of 3 ˈgat 
archaic past tense of get
gat
2 of 3noun (1)
: a natural or artificial channel or passage
gat
3 of 3noun
slang
: handgun
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
probably from Dutch, literally, hole; akin to Old English geat gate
Noun
short for Gatling gun
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1723, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1897, in the meaning defined above
gats
noun
1
as in pistols
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pistols
- guns
- revolvers
- handguns
- derringers
- firearms
- .45s
- shotguns
- rifles
- six-guns
- six-shooters
- rods
- semiautomatics
- zip guns
- sidearms
- blunderbusses
- muskets
- firelocks
- arms
- small arms
- pieces
- flintlocks
- matchlocks
- roscoes
- carbines
- automatics
- .22s
- arquebuses
- smoothbores
- forty-fives
- breechloaders
- AK-47s
- fieldpieces
- heat
- machine guns
- harquebuses
- submachine guns
- machine pistols
- self-loaders
- culverins
- tommy guns
- spearguns
- repeaters
- assault rifles
- assault weapons
- twenty-twos
2
as in doors
Synonyms & Similar Words
- doors
- gates
- hatches
- watercourses
- doorways
- streets
- channels
- waterways
- portals
- tracks
- pikes
- airways
- gateways
- trails
- drives
- highways
- roads
- arteries
- lanes
- boulevards
- walks
- pike
- rows
- walkways
- turnpikes
- passageways
- freeways
- expressways
- thoroughfares
- passes
- bikeways
- traces
- cycleways
- roadways
- approaches
- bypasses
- routes
- routeways
- passages
- paths
- byways
- laneways
- high roads
- avenues
- bypaths
- ways
- campanians
- campanias
- campaniform
- campanile
- campaniles
- campanili
- campanilla
- campanist
- campanistic
- campanists
- campanological
- campanologies
- campanologist
- campanologists
- campanology
- campanula
- campanula blue
- campanula purple
- campanula violet
- Campanulaceae
- campanulaceaes
- campanulaceous
- Campanulales
- campanulaleses
- campanulalesses