gotcha
Plural: gotchas
Contraction
- Pronunciation spelling of got you.
Intj
- I have got you covered, I've got your back (said by a speaker who has an advantage or responsibility over someone).
- I caught you (as when successfully bringing someone to reckoning or effecting some form of retribution).
- I got you by surprise (indicating a successful trick or prank).
- I understand you or what you said.
Noun
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- 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.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
Examples
- gotcha question
- Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
- Gotcha! Go on in...
- Gotcha! You just want me to stay here for now.
- Gotcha! You never noticed the whoopie cushion!
- I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
- Now here's another few gotchas that you can do to implement it.
- Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas.
- The gotcha in your second paragraph needs more developing. You don't have enough evidence that the author is contradicting himself.
- They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign. What a gotcha!
- Wireless was the first gotcha when installing the distro.
- Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!
- You're asking me a ridiculous hypothetical question that no one can reasonably answer. You need to stop with your gotchas.
Origin / Etymology
From got + -cha.
Scrabble Score: 12
gotcha: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgotcha: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gotcha: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
gotcha: valid Words With Friends Word