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What does gotcha mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gotcha? Here's what it means.

Contraction
  1. (colloquial) Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
  2. (colloquial) Understand you; comprehend you.
  3. (colloquial) Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
  4. (colloquial) Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
  5. (colloquial) Got you by surprise; Exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
Noun
  1. (colloquial) A potential problem or source of trouble.
  2. (colloquial) An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
  3. (colloquial) An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
  4. (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.
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