01 phr. Got you; I got you; as, I gotcha!.
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Got you; I got you; as, I gotcha!.
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Webster, 1913
gotcha
02 n. A situation in which a mistake by one person which is pointed out by another person; see gotcha, phr..
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A situation in which a mistake by one person which is pointed out by another person; see gotcha, phr..[colloq., phonetic spelling] See: gotcha
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A situation in which an error or indiscretion by one person is deliberately caused by another person -- a mild form of entrapment with malicious or humorous intent; as, he was furious to be the victim of a gotcha“Kathleen "Kit" Gingrich (Sept. 23), 77, mother of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich . . . became famous as the victim of a "gotcha" interview by CBS's Connie Chung; the TV personality coaxed ("whisper it to me, just between you and me") out of Mrs. Gingrich a nasty comment attributed to her son concerning then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton -- and then aired it.” — World on the Web [Obituary notice: October 4, 2003].
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A situation or attribute which tends to cause one to make an error; as, one of the main gotchas in learning English is the frequency of non-phonetic spellings. See: gotchas