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
gat
noun
1
as in pistol
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- pistol
- gun
- revolver
- handgun
- derringer
- roscoe
- shotgun
- zip gun
- firearm
- rod
- .45
- rifle
- firelock
- six-gun
- small arm
- musket
- six-shooter
- harquebus
- culverin
- arm
- sidearm
- blunderbuss
- flintlock
- matchlock
- machine gun
- piece
- carbine
- heat
- fieldpiece
- semiautomatic
- machine pistol
- forty-five
- breechloader
- .22
- tommy gun
- smoothbore
- submachine gun
- arquebus
- automatic
- self-loader
- assault rifle
- assault weapon
- speargun
- AK-47
- repeater
- twenty-two
2
as in door
Synonyms & Similar Words
- door
- gate
- doorway
- hatch
- portal
- channel
- track
- gateway
- street
- watercourse
- waterway
- pass
- trail
- airway
- walk
- road
- highway
- bypass
- trace
- pike
- cycleway
- lane
- row
- boulevard
- walkway
- passageway
- artery
- drive
- turnpike
- roadway
- bikeway
- freeway
- approach
- thoroughfare
- high road
- expressway
- route
- avenue
- path
- bypath
- passage
- routeway
- laneway
- way
- byway
- cosmocampuses
- cosmocampusses
- cosmochemical
- cosmochemist
- cosmochemistries
- cosmochemistry
- cosmochemists
- cosmocrats
- cosmodrome
- cosmodromes
- cosmogeneses
- cosmogenesis
- cosmogenetic
- cosmogenic
- cosmogeny
- cosmogonic
- cosmogonical
- cosmogonies
- cosmogonist
- cosmogonists
- cosmogony
- cosmographer
- cosmographers
- cosmographic
- cosmographical