Antonyms for gat

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gat

Phonetic Transcription : gæt

Definition of gat

Origin : "revolver," 1904, slang shortening of Gatling (gun); by 1880, gatlin was slang for a gun of any sort.

verb come into possession of; achieve
verb fall victim to
verb seize
verb come to be
verb understand
verb arrive
verb contact for communication
verb arrange, manage desired goal
verb convince, induce
verb have an effect on
verb produce offspring
verb irritate, upset

Example sentences :

Deary me, but ye've gat all sorts of sons though you've nobbut two.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

“I marvel if he ever gat into debt,” observed Clare quietly from the other side of Jack.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

Be sure your weapon—I told you to bring a gat—is on your person.
Extract from : « The Infra-Medians » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

The Swedish form is gatlopp, in which gat is cognate with Eng.
Extract from : « The Romance of Words (4th ed.) » by Ernest Weekley

In that event, if he attempted violence, I should use my pistol—my 'gat'—and stop him.
Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart

So we gat not back to our sad talk, but all ended with mirth.
Extract from : « Joyce Morrell's Harvest » by Emily Sarah Holt

I said so unto him at after, but all I gat of my noble admiral was “Avast there!”
Extract from : « Joyce Morrell's Harvest » by Emily Sarah Holt

So in the shaw we gat us; as I have told thee, it is at the back of our houses but a furlong off.
Extract from : « The Sundering Flood » by William Morris

Such an overthrow they gat, that they might not draw to a head again.
Extract from : « The Sundering Flood » by William Morris

This she did three times, while Osberne gat his anlace bare in his hand.
Extract from : « The Sundering Flood » by William Morris

Synonyms for gat

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