Gotch

Origin

From Ukrainian ґатки (gátky, "underwear", pl.). Possibly back-formed from diminutive gotchies, after Ukrainian diminutive ґаці.

Full definition of gotch

Noun

1. (Saskatchewan and Manitoba, slang) Men's underwear.
• 1998, Steven Erikson, This River Awakens, Tor (2013), ISBN 9780765334992, unnumbered page:I stopped beside Carl. 'Go ahead,' I told him. 'Pull his gotch right up over his fucking head.'
• 2009, Milton Ramsden, Northward to Love, Trafford Publishing (2009), ISBN 9781425190262, page 56:Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.
• 2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics, Hamish Hamilton (2013), ISBN 9780670065752, unnumbered page:So I was off atop a mountain, a day out of town and soaked through the gotch, when Jack spotted the American car.

Derived terms

• gitch
• gaunch, gonch, ginch Alberta, British Columbia
• gotchies, gitchies, gonchies diminutive