The word "gat meat" refers to the meat from a castrated male goat. Its spelling is unique as the "g" is pronounced like a voiced velar stop or [ɡ] in IPA phonetic transcription, while the "a" is pronounced as a short "a" sound or [æ]. The "t" is pronounced as an unvoiced alveolar stop or [t], and the second syllable has a long "e" sound as in "meet" or [miːt]. Overall, the pronunciation is [ɡæt miːt].