Gotcha

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to indicate understanding or to signal the fact of having caught or defeated another.
  • n. A game or endeavor in which one party seeks to catch another out, as in a mistake or lie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A potential problem or source of trouble.
  • phrase. Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
  • phrase. Understand; comprehend.
  • phrase. Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
  • phrase. Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
  • phrase. Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
  • phrase. 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.
  • Word Usage
    "Some people are criticizing last night's presidential debate, including Barack Obama, who likened it to what he calls gotcha games."
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    letchya    letcha    gotta   
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