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/Sounds like "GAH" (as in "garden") + "rrahs"/

Meaning

Clothes or outfit in Chicano slang (US), especially sharp threads you put on to go out. "Ponerse las garras finas" means dressing up to impress in the neighborhood.

Examples

Put on some decent clothes, we're going to a quinceañera.

He bought himself new gear with his first paycheck.

Regional synonyms

To kill an enemy with a single devastating hit or shot in a video game. When you get one-shot you didn't even have time to react, you were dead before you understood what happened.