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Gaited vs Gatted - What's the difference?

gaited | gatted |

As verbs the difference between gaited and gatted

is that gaited is (gait) while gatted is (gat).

gaited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gait)

    • gait

    English

    (wikipedia gait)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving.
    • Carrying a heavy suitcase, he walked with a lopsided gait .
  • (horses) One of the different ways in which a horse can move, either naturally or as a result of training.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To teach a specific gait to a horse.

    • Anagrams

    * (l), (l) ----

    gatted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gat)

    • gat

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, slang, in old westerns) A Gatling gun.
  • Any type of gun, usually a pistol.
  • * 1939 , .
    • 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.
  • * 1988 ,
    • Goin' off on a motherfucker like that
    With a gat that's pointed at yo ass

    Verb

    (gatt)
  • (slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
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    • Etymology 2

    From (m), by shortening

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (New Zealand, slang) A guitar

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (get)
    • And Abraham gat up early in the morning (Genesis 1927)

    Anagrams

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