Gotcha
interjection
Used to express understanding or successful outcome.
The math problem was hard, but I finally solved it. Gotcha!
Often appears as...
- gotcha moment
- gotcha game
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
noun
A tricky or unexpected problem or feature.
We encountered a gotcha during the software update
Often appears as...
- software gotcha
- coding gotcha
Usage tips
Technical
interjection
Used to indicate that someone has been caught or found out.
You thought you could sneak out without me noticing, but gotcha!
Often appears as...
- gotcha game
- i gotcha
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
interjection
Used to express understanding or successful outcome.
The math problem was hard, but I finally solved it. Gotcha!
Often appears as...
- gotcha moment
- gotcha game
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
noun
A tricky or unexpected problem or feature.
We encountered a gotcha during the software update
Often appears as...
- software gotcha
- coding gotcha
Usage tips
Technical
interjection
Used to indicate that someone has been caught or found out.
You thought you could sneak out without me noticing, but gotcha!
Often appears as...
- gotcha game
- i gotcha
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Triumph
Use 'gotcha' to express a sudden moment of realization or accomplishment in an informal setting.
Finished the puzzle? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Celebration
'Gotcha' can reflect personal success or a shared victory in casual conversations, not formal ones.
You understood the joke? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Gotcha' sometimes shows understanding rather than literally catching or grabbing something.
Oh, you need help with the bags? Gotcha.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Triumph
Use 'gotcha' to express a sudden moment of realization or accomplishment in an informal setting.
Finished the puzzle? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Celebration
'Gotcha' can reflect personal success or a shared victory in casual conversations, not formal ones.
You understood the joke? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Gotcha' sometimes shows understanding rather than literally catching or grabbing something.
Oh, you need help with the bags? Gotcha.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Triumph
Use 'gotcha' to express a sudden moment of realization or accomplishment in an informal setting.
Finished the puzzle? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 2/3Informal Celebration
'Gotcha' can reflect personal success or a shared victory in casual conversations, not formal ones.
You understood the joke? Gotcha!
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Literal
'Gotcha' sometimes shows understanding rather than literally catching or grabbing something.
Oh, you need help with the bags? Gotcha.
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Video examples
DIY - The Pattern Game PIPE...
bill with one of the ones on its left or on its right gotcha now the choice is up to you I'm not gonna tell you what to do and we're gonna do it a bunch of times got in my mind with my back turned I'm gonna try to track where it is every time you switch it it'll be up to you and I won't influence you okay at the end of it I'm gonna try to tell you
Video examples
How to spot a liar -...
aren't those in nitpicky kids those kids in the back of the room that are shouting gotcha gotcha your eyebrow twitched you flared your nostril I watched that TV show lie to me I know you're lying no lie spiders are armed with scientific knowledge of how to spot deception they use it to get to the truth and they do what mature leaders do
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
down towards where they are and to try and kind of stay safe but it seems as though they're not really sure when you're first gotcha they're actually lying down just on the left-hand side I didn't really notice them until one of them stood up but they were just lying off the side of the dam wall by themselves and like I said no adults
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
but strives to learn one thing from what happened that she can teach to somebody else. She shares her experience with others. She's supportive when other people talk about their mistakes. And she points out other people's mistakes, not in a gotcha way,
Video examples
Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
And if you're unlucky enough to have something that you regretted captured on cell phone or in a tweet, you're walking around with an unexploded gotcha bomb just waiting to blow up your life or your career or your reputation.
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
a bee beard. A beard full of bees. Now, this is what many of you might picture when you think about honeybees, maybe insects, or maybe anything that has more legs than two. And let me start by telling you, I gotcha.
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
It means help, and right now I need a ton of it. So you are using a lot. Am I? Look how slow you're going. Work smarter, not harder. Yes, yes ma'am. Indigenous science. Gotcha. Slow and steady. Here we go.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
hey my boy mark his territory Oh his face looks a lot thinner you know that I gotcha vide I gotcha vide somebody said shoot to me when they moved in to see the lip that
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
they make short work of chewing through the wood to the tunnel beneath and then that peculiar finger really comes into its own and gotcha yummy but for sticks
Video examples
See Elephants at Their...
gotcha I got you girl I can hear you I don't know why I said that
Video examples
DIY - The Pattern Game PIPE...
bill with one of the ones on its left or on its right gotcha now the choice is up to you I'm not gonna tell you what to do and we're gonna do it a bunch of times got in my mind with my back turned I'm gonna try to track where it is every time you switch it it'll be up to you and I won't influence you okay at the end of it I'm gonna try to tell you
Video examples
How to spot a liar -...
aren't those in nitpicky kids those kids in the back of the room that are shouting gotcha gotcha your eyebrow twitched you flared your nostril I watched that TV show lie to me I know you're lying no lie spiders are armed with scientific knowledge of how to spot deception they use it to get to the truth and they do what mature leaders do
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
down towards where they are and to try and kind of stay safe but it seems as though they're not really sure when you're first gotcha they're actually lying down just on the left-hand side I didn't really notice them until one of them stood up but they were just lying off the side of the dam wall by themselves and like I said no adults
Video examples
Brian Goldman: Doctors...
but strives to learn one thing from what happened that she can teach to somebody else. She shares her experience with others. She's supportive when other people talk about their mistakes. And she points out other people's mistakes, not in a gotcha way,
Video examples
Loretta J. Ross: Don't...
And if you're unlucky enough to have something that you regretted captured on cell phone or in a tweet, you're walking around with an unexploded gotcha bomb just waiting to blow up your life or your career or your reputation.
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
a bee beard. A beard full of bees. Now, this is what many of you might picture when you think about honeybees, maybe insects, or maybe anything that has more legs than two. And let me start by telling you, I gotcha.
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
It means help, and right now I need a ton of it. So you are using a lot. Am I? Look how slow you're going. Work smarter, not harder. Yes, yes ma'am. Indigenous science. Gotcha. Slow and steady. Here we go.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 360 PIPE...
hey my boy mark his territory Oh his face looks a lot thinner you know that I gotcha vide I gotcha vide somebody said shoot to me when they moved in to see the lip that
Video examples
Encouraging A New-Born...
they make short work of chewing through the wood to the tunnel beneath and then that peculiar finger really comes into its own and gotcha yummy but for sticks
Video examples
See Elephants at Their...
gotcha I got you girl I can hear you I don't know why I said that
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Chris Collins
There's a gotcha piece in every interview that the press has, more or less, with President Trump.
Quote examples
Emma Ishta
Australian Model
My last name is actually my middle name. Gotcha!
Quote examples
Chris Collins
There's a gotcha piece in every interview that the press has, more or less, with President Trump.
Quote examples
Emma Ishta
Australian Model
My last name is actually my middle name. Gotcha!
Example 1 of 2
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