Gotcha vs Bet - What's the difference?
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(colloquial) Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
(colloquial) Understand; comprehend.
(colloquial) Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
(colloquial) Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
(colloquial) Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
(colloquial) Got you by surprise; as in engineering or computer programming; typically an unintended consequence or problem caused by a small variation in areas such as command syntax, function definition, results application.
(colloquial) A potential problem or source of trouble.
(colloquial) An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
(colloquial) An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
English predicates
A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner (the winner being the one who correctly forecast the outcome of an event).
A degree of certainty.
To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
* Shakespeare
* O. W. Holmes
To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
As a contraction gotcha
is (colloquial) got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.As a noun gotcha
is (colloquial) a potential problem or source of trouble.As a proper noun bet is
a diminutive of elizabeth.gotcha
English
Alternative forms
* gotchyaEtymology 1
Written form of a of got you .Contraction
(en-cont)- I gotcha now, ya little twerp.
- Yeah, I gotcha . Good thinkin'!
- Gotcha! Go on in...
- Gotcha! And don't ever do that to me again.
- Gotcha! They never notice the whoopie cushion!
Derived terms
* gotcha keywordEtymology 2
Direct acquisition of gotcha , the contraction of got you .Noun
(en noun)- Review the work thoroughly and make sure there are no gotchas .
- They change the number at random intervals and if you miss a sign, bingo - gotcha ! http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/gotcha
- Now here's another few gotcha s that you can do to implement it.
Derived terms
* game of gotchaSee also
* gotta * letcha * letchyaReferences
bet
English
Etymology 1
From 16th century criminal slang, likely from abet or (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Dylan owes Fletcher $30 from an unsuccessful bet.
- It’s a safe bet that it will rain tomorrow.
- It’s an even bet that Jim will come top of the maths test tomorrow
Verb
- John a Gaunt loved him well, and betted much money on his head.
- I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it.
- You bet !