betcha

[bet-chuh, bech-uh]

Informal.

1. bet you.

   Betcha never thought of that, eh?

   They’re behind this godawful mess, I betcha a dollar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of betcha¹

First recorded in 1900–05; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of the phrase in continuous rapid speech

Example Sentences

By midday Thursday, though, the White House had settled on a message more along the lines of Betcha the pilot was a Black guy?

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One day about 60 years ago, the comedian Bert Lahr put on a devil suit, held up a potato chip and uttered a phrase that would become a food-marketing milestone: “Betcha can’t eat just one.”

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With the new one about to premiere and the other four available on Hulu, here is a look at the who, what, where and you betcha of “Fargo,” season by season.

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Public Interest Research Group notes in its guide to avoiding ticket scams, “A scammer can, for example, create a website with the URL: TlCKETMASTER.COM Did you notice that URL contains a lower-case L and not an I? Betcha didn’t.”

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“Nobody wants to suggest that Joe Biden should step aside because that just bolstered the case against him related to his age, but I betcha they are thinking about it. This would be the opportunity of a lifetime.”

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