n.

1. a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

v.

1. come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;
   acquire
   
   • She got a lot of paintings from her uncle
   • They acquired a new pet
   • Get your results the next day
   • Get permission to take a few days off from work
2. enter or assume a certain state or condition;
   become, go
   
   • He became annoyed when he heard the bad news
   • It must be getting more serious
   • her face went red with anger
   • She went into ecstasy
   • Get going!
3. cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;
   let, have
   
   • He got his squad on the ball
   • This let me in for a big surprise
   • He got a girl into trouble
4. receive a specified treatment (abstract);
   receive, find, obtain, incur
   
   • These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
   • His movie received a good review
   • I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
5. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress;
   arrive, come
   
   • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
   • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
6. go or come after and bring or take back;
   bring, convey, fetch
   
   • Get me those books over there, please
   • Could you bring the wine?
   • The dog fetched the hat
7. go through (mental or physical states or experiences);
   experience, receive, have, undergo
   
   • get an idea
   • experience vertigo
   • get nauseous
   • undergo a strange sensation
   • The chemical undergoes a sudden change
   • The fluid undergoes shear
   • receive injuries
   • have a feeling
8. take vengeance on or get even;
   pay back, pay off, fix
   
   • We'll get them!
   • That'll fix him good!
   • This time I got him
9. achieve a point or goal;
   have, make
   
   • Nicklaus had a 70
   • The Brazilian team got 4 goals
   • She made 29 points that day
10. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;
    induce, stimulate, cause, have, make
    
    • The ads induced me to buy a VCR
    • My children finally got me to buy a computer
    • My wife made me buy a new sofa
11. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;
    catch, capture
    
    • We finally got the suspect
    • Did you catch the thief?
12. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);
    grow, develop, produce, acquire
    
    • He grew a beard
    • The patient developed abdominal pains
    • I got funny spots all over my body
    • Well-developed breasts
13. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;
    contract, take
    
    • He got AIDS
    • She came down with pneumonia
    • She took a chill
14. communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
    
    • Bill called this number and he got Mary
    • The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake
15. give certain properties to something;
    make
    
    • get someone mad
    • She made us look silly
    • He made a fool of himself at the meeting
    • Don't make this into a big deal
    • This invention will make you a millionaire
    • Make yourself clear
16. move into a desired direction of discourse;
    drive, aim
    
    • What are you driving at?
17. grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of;
    catch
    
    • did you catch that allusion?
    • We caught something of his theory in the lecture
    • don't catch your meaning
    • did you get it?
    • She didn't get the joke
    • I just don't get him
18. attract and fix;
    catch, arrest
    
    • His look caught her
    • She caught his eye
    • Catch the attention of the waiter
19. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;
    catch
    
    • the rock caught her in the back of the head
    • The blow got him in the back
    • The punch caught him in the stomach
20. reach by calculation
    
    • What do you get when you add up these numbers?
21. acquire as a result of some effort or action
    
    • You cannot get water out of a stone
    • Where did she get these news?
22. purchase
    
    • What did you get at the toy store?
23. perceive by hearing;
    catch
    
    • I didn't catch your name
    • She didn't get his name when they met the first time
24. suffer from the receipt of;
    catch
    
    • She will catch hell for this behavior!
25. receive as a retribution or punishment;
    receive
    
    • He got 5 years in prison
26. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
    scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off
    
    • Scram!
27. reach and board
    
    • She got the bus just as it was leaving
28. irritate;
    get under one's skin
    
    • Her childish behavior really get to me
    • His lying really gets me
29. evoke an emotional response
    
    • Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time
30. apprehend and reproduce accurately;
    catch
    
    • She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings
    • She got the mood just right in her photographs
31. earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;
    draw
    
    • He drew a base on balls
32. overcome or destroy
    
    • The ice storm got my hibiscus
    • the cat got the goldfish
33. be a mystery or bewildering to;
    perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
    
    • This beats me!
    • Got me--I don't know the answer!
    • a vexing problem
    • This question really stuck me
34. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;
    get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
    
    • We began working at dawn
    • Who will start?
    • Get working as soon as the sun rises!
    • The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
    • He began early in the day
    • Let's get down to work now
35. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);
    suffer, sustain, have
    
    • She suffered a fracture in the accident
    • He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
    • She got a bruise on her leg
    • He got his arm broken in the scuffle
36. make children;
    beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
    
    • Abraham begot Isaac
    • Men often father children but don't recognize them