Thesaurus results for GOTCHA

gotcha

noun

ˈgä-chə

as in hitch

a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized the gotcha in the low monthly rate quoted by the cable company is that it is a teaser and good for only six months

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Recent Examples of gotcha The gotcha setup sustains a solid level of suspense that carries through the series’ eight episodes (though it could easily have been trimmed to six). —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2026 Her owner, Taylor Madison, first shared the heartwarming video two years ago on TikTok and reposted it on the account to celebrate the second anniversary of the pup's gotcha day. —

Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025 At a Black Bear party, gotcha reporters and leering industry types jockey to meet her. —

Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025 But Kirk’s acolytes seem more interested in a game of gotcha than true, honest discourse. —

Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gotcha

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Notably in 2011, the first deployment of the GCC’s Peninsula Shield Force to Bahrain, with Saudi and UAE forces entering the kingdom at the behest of the government, seemed to go off without a hitch.

— Hadley Gamble, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026
The group’s first smuggle went off without a hitch — as Pace, Keenan, and Prager ran a load of around 7,000 pounds of pot from Colombia into Maine.

— Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026