gotta

verb
/ˈɡɒtə/UK/ˈɡɑtə/US/ˈɡʌtə/

Etymology

Contraction of got + to.

Definitions

  1. Synonym of have got to, have to

    • I gotta learn this for my exam.
    • If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.
    • “All right, let’s go. They must have sake, eh? Oh, Izuna, will you come along?” “If they have fish or meat, you don’t gotta ask, please.”
  2. Contraction of got + a.

    • I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gotta. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA