- gotcha
- [“gatS]1. tv. I got you!; I’ve caught you! (Usually Gotcha!)□ I gotcha, and you can’t get away.□ Ha, ha! Gotcha! ome here, you little dickens.2. n. an arrest. (Underworld.)□ The cop reached out, grasped Bruno’s shoulder, and made the gotcha.□ It was a fair gotcha. Sam was nabbed, and he went along quietly.3. tv. I understand you.□ Gotcha! Thanks for telling me.□ Seven pounds, four ounces? Gotcha! I’ll tell everybody.
Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.