Gotcha

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’tʃə

Alternative forms

• gotchya

Written form of a reduction (linguistics) of got you.

got + -cha

Full definition of gotcha

Contraction

1. (colloquial) Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
2. (colloquial) Understand; comprehend.Yeah, I gotcha. Good thinkin'!
3. (colloquial) Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.Gotcha! Go on in...
4. (colloquial) Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
5. (colloquial) Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.Gotcha! They never notice the whoopie cushion!
6. (colloquial) Got you by surprise; as in engineering or computer programming; typically an unintended consequence or problem caused by a small variation in areas such as command syntax, function definition, results application.

Derived terms

Related terms

• getcha

Direct acquisition of gotcha, the contraction of got you.

Noun

1. (colloquial) A potential problem or source of trouble.Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas.

Derived terms

• game of gotcha