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gat | gaw |

As a noun gat

is throat.

As a verb gaw is

(obsolete) to stare or gape.

As an interjection gaw is

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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)

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    gaw

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • References

    * Surname Origins: McGill, accessed on 2005-08-01

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