{ "gotcha":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{}, "examples":[ "The program has a few gotchas in store for unsuspecting computer users.", "the gotcha in the low monthly rate quoted by the cable company is that it is a teaser and good for only six months", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In fact, there should have been more than one gotcha . \u2014 al , 30 June 2021", "Overdraft fees remain a moneymaking machine for banks and a devastating financial gotcha for poor families and communities of color. \u2014 Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2021", "Quite a few people flagged her tweet as a gotcha , but there was nothing surprising about it. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 25 Jan. 2021", "While the Thelio is a powerful machine that can hold its own against the Mac Pro, the gotcha for creative professionals is that Adobe's photo- and video-editing software does not support Linux, the operating system that ships with it. \u2014 Scott Gilbertson, Wired , 14 Dec. 2020", "Anti-American nihilism and hopeless racial cynicism give the show its gotcha . \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 26 Aug. 2020", "Naturally, anti-penny campaigners use this as a fundamental gotcha . \u2014 Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics , 15 July 2020", "Claire and Jack rush into her home office expecting something awful, but gotcha ! \u2014 Jean Bentley, refinery29.com , 4 May 2020", "Yet, when the political media isn\u2019t preoccupied with a gotcha du jour, pundits, partisans, and journalists have seemed downright giddy to let their minions know that the United States now has the most coronavirus cases in the world. \u2014 David Harsanyi, National Review , 30 Mar. 2020" ], "first_known_use":{ "1974, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{ "alteration of got you":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-ch\u0259" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "booby trap", "catch", "catch-22", "gimmick", "hitch", "joker", "land mine", "pitfall", "snag" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030247", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gotch":{ "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a potbellied jug or pitcher usually made of earthenware":[], ": drooping , cropped":[ "the sorrel with a gotch ear", "\u2014 Agnes M. Cleaveland" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4ch", "\"" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "origin unknown":"Noun", "gotch from Spanish gacho having horns that project downward, having floppy ears, back-formation from agachar to bow, lower, from Latin coactare to constrain, force, from coactus , past participle of cogere to collect, compel; gotched from Spanish gacho + English -ed":"Adjective" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-165950" }, "Gothian":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or constituting a division of the Precambrian":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u014dth-", "\u02c8g\u00e4th\u0113\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "French Gothie , G\u00f6taland, Sweden + English -an":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224159" }, "Gothic arch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1739, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232157" }, "Gothic":{ "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": of, relating to, or resembling the Goths , their civilization, or their language":[], ": teutonic , germanic":[], ": medieval sense 1":[], ": uncouth , barbarous":[], ": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of architecture developed in northern France and spreading through western Europe from the middle of the 12th century to the early 16th century that is characterized by the converging of weights and strains at isolated points upon slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by pointed arches and vaulting":[ "Gothic cathedrals" ], ": of or relating to an architectural style reflecting the influence of the medieval Gothic":[], ": of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents":[ "Gothic novels" ], ": black letter":[], ": sans serif":[], ": the East Germanic language of the Goths \u2014 see Indo-European Languages Table":[], ": a novel, film, or play in the gothic style":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-thik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "see Goth entry 1":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "1575, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Adjective", "1691, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-045215" }, "Goths":{ "type":[ "abbreviation", "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a member of a Germanic people that overran the Roman Empire in the early centuries of the Christian era":[], ": rock music marked by dark and morbid lyrics":[], ": a fan or performer of goth":[], ": a person who wears mostly black clothing, uses dark dramatic makeup, and often has dyed black hair":[], "Gothic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4th" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English Gothes, Gotes (plural), partly from Old English Gotan (plural); 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partly from Late Latin Gothi (plural)":"Noun" }, "first_known_use":{ "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121724" }, "gote":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a channel for water : watercourse":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u014dt" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Middle English; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch gote channel or pipe for water, Old English g\u0113otan to pour":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-155351" }, "Gothic alphabet":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an alphabet based principally on the Greek uncials and devised for the Gothic language by Bishop Wulfila in the 4th century a.d.":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-192304" }, "Gothish":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": gothic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-thish" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Gothic + -ish":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-201452" }, "Gothic chasuble":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a chasuble of elbow length at the sides with the front and back shaped to a downward point \u2014 see chasuble illustration":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-014757" }, "Gothic Chippendale":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": 18th century furniture with pointed arches, clustered columns, and other medieval details":[] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-051316" }, "Gothicism":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": barbarous lack of taste or elegance":[], ": conformity to or practice of Gothic style":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-th\u0259-\u02ccsi-z\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1710, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-061545" }, "gothicize":{ "type":[ "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to make Gothic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-th\u0259-\u02ccs\u012bz" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1712, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-081152" }, "Gotham":{ "type":[ "geographical name", "noun" ], "definitions":{ "new york city":[ "\u2014 an informal name" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-th\u0259m" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-083934" }, "Gott mit uns":{ "type":[ "German phrase" ], "definitions":{ ": God (is) with us \u2014 compare nobiscum deus":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u022ft-mit-\u02c8u\u0307ns" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-085745" }, "Gothonic":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": germanic , teutonic":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)g\u014d\u00a6-", "(\u02c8)g\u022f\u00a6-", "(\u02c8)g\u00e4\u00a6th\u00e4nik" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Latin Gothones, Gotones Goths (of Germanic origin; akin to Old English Gotan Goths) + English -ic":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-141809" }, "Gotha":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "city in central Germany west of Erfurt population 53,372":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u014d-th\u0259", "\u02c8g\u014d-t\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-171848" }, "gotta":{ "type":[ "pronunciation spelling" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4-t\u0259" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1891, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170733" }, "Gotlander":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a native or inhabitant of the island of Gotland":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-l\u0259n-", "\u02c8g\u00e4t\u02ccland\u0259(r)" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "Gotland , island in the Baltic sea belonging to Sweden + English -er":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182400" }, "Gotland":{ "type":[ "geographical name" ], "definitions":{ "island of Sweden in the Baltic Sea off the southeast coast; chief town Visby area 1225 square miles (3173 square kilometers), population 57,381":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8g\u00e4t-\u02ccland" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021152" }, "got it bad":{ "type":[ "idiom" ], "definitions":{ ": having extreme feelings about something":[ "\"Is he in love with her?\" \"Oh yeah, he's got it bad .\"" ] }, "pronounciation":[], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092125" } }