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gat

/ɡæt/

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noun

(in old westerns) A Gatling gun.

Examples :

"During the bank robbery in the old western film, the outlaws brought a gat to quickly overpower the sheriff's deputies. "

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noun

(originally 1920s gangster slang) Any type of gun, usually a pistol.

Examples :

"Even though the movie was set in the 1920s, I was surprised when the gangster pulled out his gat in the bank robbery scene. "

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verb

To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.

Examples :

"Please be aware that the following sentence depicts a violent act. "The robber threatened to gat the store clerk if he didn't open the cash register." "

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noun

Examples :

"He strummed a chord on his gat and started to sing. "

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verb

(ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.

Examples :

"She gatted him a ticket to the concert. "

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verb

Examples :

"He got a severe reprimand for that."

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verb

(in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning) To have. See usage notes.

Examples :

"She gat a new bicycle for her birthday. "

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To fetch, bring, take.

Examples :

"Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

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To become, or cause oneself to become.

Examples :

"He needs to gat himself ready for the interview. "

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verb

To cause to become; to bring about.

Examples :

"Sentence: Consistent hard work can gat success in your studies. "

action process achievement

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verb

To cause to do.

Examples :

""The teacher's praise gat the student to study harder." "

language grammar

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To cause to come or go or move.

Examples :

"I got him to his room."

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To cause to be in a certain status or position.

Examples :

"Get him here at once."

position action

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verb

(with various prepositions, such as into, over, or behind; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries get into, get over, etc.) To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

Examples :

"After a lot of hard work, she gat into a good college. "

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To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

Examples :

"to get a mile"

way vehicle action

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To begin (doing something or to do something).

Examples :

"After lunch we got chatting."

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To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

Examples :

"I normally get the 7:45 train."

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To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

Examples :

"Please gat the door; I'm busy in the kitchen. "

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(followed by infinitive) To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).

Examples :

"Great. I get to clean the toilets today."

ability language grammar

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To understand. (compare get it)

Examples :

"After the teacher explained the math problem again, I finally gat it. "

language communication word

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To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

Examples :

""You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot.""

language communication

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To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.

Examples :

"He got bitten by a dog."

grammar linguistics

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verb

To become ill with or catch (a disease).

Examples :

"I went on holiday and got malaria."

disease medicine

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To catch out, trick successfully.

Examples :

"He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

action achievement communication language

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To perplex, stump.

Examples :

"The difficult math problem really gatted me; I couldn't figure out the answer. "

mind language word

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To find as an answer.

Examples :

"What did you get for question four?"

achievement action outcome

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To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

Examples :

"The police vowed to gat the thief who stole Mrs. Davison's purse, promising to bring him to justice. "

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verb

To hear completely; catch.

Examples :

"I gat the teacher's instructions clearly during the presentation. "

sound language communication

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verb

Examples :

"I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

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verb

To beget (of a father).

Examples :

"While "gat" is an archaic word and rarely used in modern English, here's a sentence aiming for clarity and contextual accuracy: "In olden times, the king would gat a son to inherit his throne." "

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To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

Examples :

"She needs to gat these vocabulary words before the test. "

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Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.

Examples :

"Get her with her new hairdo."

attitude language style character communication

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verb

To go, to leave; to scram.

Examples :

"When the teacher said "time's up," the students gat out of the classroom. "

action language communication

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verb

Examples :

"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

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To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

Examples :

""By studying hard, Maria hopes to gat a better understanding of physics." "

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verb

Examples :

"Did you get her temperature?"

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noun

An opening between sandbanks; a strait.

Examples :

"The small boat carefully navigated the gat between the shifting sandbanks to reach the open sea. "

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noun

A traditional Korean hat made of horsehair, once worn by married gentlemen.

Examples :

"For the historical reenactment, the actor wore a traditional gat to signify that he was portraying a married gentleman from the Joseon Dynasty. "

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