N.W.A.

gauge

noun

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a shotgun

Categories Shotguns, Weapons

Collocates Mac⁴, buckshot³, bust³, I'mma³, sawed-off³, TEC³, bitch², booyah², chopper², dome², glock², 9², pack², shot², slug², son², spit², thugged-out², 45, AK, all about, all that, bang, bitch, blaze, blaze, block, buck, bust, buster, Calico, chicken, click-clack, clique up, creep, dirty, dump, finna, ghetto, hard, K, mine, nina, peep, rapper, ride, roll, shank, shell, snatch, spit, spray, spray up, spray, stick-up kid, strapped, tote, touch, trip, 22, uzi, wet

Etymology Derives from 12-gauge

Synonyms sawed-off, shotty, street-sweeper

Related concepts pistol-grip, pump, sawed-off, shotty, street-sweeper

1988-08-08 N.W.A. "Parental Discretion Iz Advised" [Straight Outta Compton]
Earning money like a thief, but without a gauge
1988-09-13 Eazy-E "Still Talkin'" feat. Ice Cube, The D.O.C. [Eazy-Duz-It]
If you fuck up I'm goin' to get my gauge
1988-09-13 Ice-T "Drama" [Power]
Gauges out the window, one lay cross the roof

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

gauge

transitive verb

Published on Nov. 15, 2021, 12:39 p.m.

to shoot (someone) with a shotgun

Collocates block

Synonyms bust, clip, dump, gat, let off, slang, spray up

1995-07-25 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony "Mr. Bill Collector" [E. 1999 Eternal]
I'm out for money, gauged 'em
2003-11-18 Esham "Back in da Day" [Repentance]
She lives across 8 mile, but still can get gauged
2004-08-10 Mobb Deep "Neva Change" [Amerikaz Nightmare]
You get gauged for a pound of the wicked nine

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