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Gatted vs Ratted - What's the difference?

gatted | ratted |

As verbs the difference between gatted and ratted

is that gatted is (gat) while ratted is (rat).

As an adjective ratted is

(british|slang) intoxicated.

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

    * (l), (l), (l) English eponyms ----

    ratted

    English

    Etymology 1

    '' + ''-ed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (rat)

    • Etymology 2

    Contraction of rat-arsed

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) intoxicated

    • Anagrams

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