Usually means: Attempt to trap or expose.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. gotcha: Merriam-Webster
  2. gotcha: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gotcha: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gotcha: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Gotcha, gotcha: Wordnik
  6. gotcha: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gotcha: Wiktionary
  8. gotcha: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. gotcha: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. gotcha: Dictionary.com
  11. gotcha: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. gotcha: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Gotcha (arcade game), Gotcha (company), Gotcha (disambiguation), Gotcha (headline), Gotcha (programming), Gotcha (song), Gotcha (video game), Gotcha: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. gotcha: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. gotcha: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  16. gotcha: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gotcha: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. gotcha: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
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Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gotcha: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. the gotcha: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A potential problem or source of trouble.
noun:  (computing) A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
noun:  An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
noun:  An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually (but not necessarily) in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
noun:  An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.

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