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gatting

gatting is the present participle and gerund of gat.

Meaning of gat

Verb

gat (third-person singular simple present gats, present participle gatting, simple past and past participle gatted)

  1. (slang) To shoot someone with a pistol or other handheld firearm.
    • He in a black suit in a coffin, gatted by a junkie for his fake Rolex watch at a taco stand on Western.2000, George Nelson, One Woman Short, page 27

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Questions about gatting

What is gatting the present participle and gerund of?
Gatting is the present participle and gerund of gat.

Words near gatting in the dictionary

  1. Gattermann reaction
  2. Gatters
  3. gattest
  4. Gatti
  5. gattine
  6. gatting
  7. Gattis
  8. Gatton
  9. Gattons
  10. Gattopardian
  11. gattopardism

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