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verb · intransitive · rare

gat

gat · gats · gatted · gatting

To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearmTo shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

/ɡæt/

Meaning

1 senses

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

Origin

Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

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Forms

gats, gatting, gatted, gatted

Base form	gat · to gat
3rd person singular	gats
Present participle	gatting
Past simple	gatted
Past participle	gatted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	gat
he, she, it	gats

Past simpleLesson

all persons

gatted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have gatted
he, she, it	has gatted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will gat

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

gastritis gastronomic gastronomy gastropod gateA2 gatecrash

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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