**gat**: Old slang, meanging gun. Came from shortening Gattling gun to just gat. Was used during the [prohibition] era to name any gun, but specifically the thompson [submachine gun], aka The [Tommy Gun].
*Just get that [gat] out of my face, and everything will be jake.
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Sorry guys, but no rapper or gangsta came up with the word [Gat]. Or chopper, for that matter. Unless you're talking about the [prohibition] era [bootleggers] type of gangster, that is.*
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