nat

Noun (1)

nat (plural nats)

1. A spirit in Burmese mythology, whose cult is followed alongside Buddhism.
   • They greatly dread evil "Nats" or spirits, to whom they attribute every possible misfortune or illness.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 175

Adverb

nat (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Not.
   • And he a pistle rowned in her eare, / Nat what I want, for I ne came nat there.1614, William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe

Noun (2)

nat (plural nats)

1. A logarithmic unit of information or entropy, based on natural logarithms.

   Synonyms:

   nit, nepit

Proper noun (1) capitalized: NAT

NAT

1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of National Party.
2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks.
3. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of National Achievement Test.

Noun (3) capitalized: NAT

NAT (countable and uncountable, plural NATs)

1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nucleic acid test.
2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of network address translation (“network address rewriting”).
3. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of network address translator (“device that implements that network function; a NAT firewall”).
4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of nonaccidental trauma.
5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of negative automatic thoughts.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Nat

IPA/næt/

Nat (countable and uncountable, plural Nats)

1. A diminutive of the male given name Nathanael, Nathaniel, Nathan.
   • Nathan was one of the tiniest, tottering along, holding on to the hand of a much older girl. Nat. Small like a gnat.2008, Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 27
2. A diminutive of the female given name Natasha, Natalie, Natalia.
3. Nickname for Natsuki from the video game Doki Doki Literature Club!.
4. A surname.

Noun (4) capitalized: Nat

IPA/næt/

Nat (plural Nats)

1. (Australian, informal, slang) A member or supporter of the Australian National Party.
2. (New Zealand, informal, slang) A member or supporter of the New Zealand National Party.
3. (UK, informal, slang) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party.
4. (South-African, dated, informal, slang) A member or supporter of the National Party of South Africa.