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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑt͡ʃə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒt͡ʃə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒtʃə
Contraction
[edit]gotcha (colloquial)
- Pronunciation spelling of got you.
- I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
- Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!
Interjection
[edit]gotcha (colloquial)
- I got you covered, I got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
- Gotcha! Go on in...
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- Gotcha! You never noticed the whoopie cushion!
- I understand you or what you said.
- Gotcha! You just want me to stay here for now.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]I got you
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Noun
[edit]gotcha (plural gotchas) (colloquial)
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas.
- (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- gotcha question
- They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign. What a gotcha!
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
- You're asking me a ridiculous hypothetical question that no one can reasonably answer. You need to stop with your gotchas.
- The gotcha in your second paragraph needs more developing. You don't have enough evidence that the author is contradicting himself.
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
- Now here's another few gotchas that you can do to implement it.
- Wireless was the first gotcha when installing the distro.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit](computing) a feature that is counter-intuitive
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Eric Partridge (2005) “gotcha!”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 904.
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