gotcha

[goch-uh]

interjection

1. Informal.,  got you (used to indicate comprehension, to exultingly point out a blunder, etc.).

Word History and Origins

Origin of gotcha¹

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of got you in continuous rapid speech

Example Sentences

It will give new meaning to “gotcha”—and it’ll spare neither left nor right.

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We can call that James Madison’s gotcha.

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Were there any great revelations or gotcha moments on stage Tuesday evening?

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I don’t know that Marchese was trying to play gotcha, but I think that’s how Jann answered the question on that day.

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It often is wielded as a kind of roving “gotcha” narrative, in which we the public are encouraged to wait with bated breath for the drip-drip-drip revelation of the next big name to be outed as having been connected to Epstein and the one after that—Elon Musk!

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