Definitions for Gotcha
ˈgɒtʃ əgotcha

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1. gotchaphr.

   Got you; I got you; as, I gotcha!.

2. gotchanoun

   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

3. gotchanoun

   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.

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1. Gotcha

   Gotcha is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Jessica Mauboy for the soundtrack album The Sapphires to the 2012 musical film of the same name, in which Mauboy stars as Julie McCrae. The song was written by Mauboy, Louis Schoorl and Ilan Kidron, and produced by The Schoolkids. It was released as the lead single from the soundtrack album on 13 July 2012. Musically, "Gotcha" is an upbeat pop and swing dance song, which incorporates influences of motown and elements of 1960s music. "Gotcha" garnered positive reviews from music critics, who praised its sound. The song peaked at number 43 on the ARIA Singles Chart and number 11 on the ARIA Urban Singles Chart, and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). "Gotcha" earned Mauboy two nominations at the 2012 ARIA Music Awards for Best Female Artist and Best Pop Release. The accompanying music video was directed by Samuel Leighton-Dore and features Mauboy inside a recording studio performing with a band. To promote the song, Mauboy performed the song live on Sunrise and at Nickelodeon Australia's Slimefest concert.

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1. Gotcha

   In programming, a gotcha is a feature of a system, a program or a programming language that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistakes because it is both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome.

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1. gotcha

   A misfeature of a system, especially a programming language or environment, that tends to breed bugs or mistakes because it is both enticingly easy to invoke and completely unexpected and/or unreasonable in its outcome. For example, a classic gotcha in C is the fact that if (a=b) {code;} is syntactically valid and sometimes even correct. It puts the value of b into a and then executes code if a is non-zero. What the programmer probably meant was if (a==b) {code;}, which executes code if a and b are equal.

How to pronounce Gotcha?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Gotcha in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gotcha in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gotcha in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Gotcha in a Sentence

1. Steny Hoyer:

   It is, however, irresponsible to take Chair Waters’ remarks out of context to just hold a ‘gotcha,’ partisan vote, if ‘confrontation’ is subject to sanction, then we’re going to have a lot of people on your side who we believe are confrontational every day.

2. Ben Carson:

   It's silly, you know, when we engage in,' ha, gotcha' stuff, when we have such big policy issues to deal with, and that's what I want to talk about.

3. Andrew Bates:

   'I hope you know what you're doing,' and 'I do,' is not a conversation. That's a failed 'gotcha' -- and if that's the best the most dishonest president in American history can do, it's even more clear why Joe Biden's annihilated him in over 70 polls.

4. Robert Bonner:

   Sadly what we're witnessing in Washington is gotcha politics in action.

5. Amy Jeffress:

   This is an example of a congressional committee trying to find a' gotcha moment' instead of legitimately investigating Justice Department policies and practices.

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References

1. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Gotcha
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotcha
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Gotcha
4. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Gotcha