n. [ Jap. ] A type of Japanese footwear usually with wooden soles, held to the foot by a thong that passes between the first two toes. Syn. -- clog, patten, sabot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. Aapable of being reached or attained; as, a very getatable man; both oil and coal are there but not in getatable locations. Syn. -- come-at-able, get-at-able. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
2. a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [ wns=2 ] Syn. -- lam. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[げた, geta] (n) (1) geta; Japanese wooden clogs; (2) (later printed as 〓, resembling the teeth of a geta) (See 伏せ字・ふせじ・2) turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; (P)