"gotch" meaning in All languages combined

See gotch on Wiktionary

Verb [Cebuano]

Etymology: Reverse spelling of tulog + ch. Head templates: {{head|ceb|verb}} gotch
  1. to sleep
    Sense id: en-gotch-ceb-verb-w~6onUrj Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [English]

Forms: gotches [plural]
Etymology: From Ukrainian га́чі (háči), ґа́чі pl (gáči, “underwear”). Possibly back-formed from diminutive gotchies. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|uk|га́чі}} Ukrainian га́чі (háči) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gotch (plural gotches)
  1. (Saskatchewan, Manitoba, slang) Men's underwear. Wikipedia link: Undergarment Tags: slang Categories (topical): Underwear Derived forms: gitch, gaunch, gonch, ginch (english: Alberta) [British-Columbia], gotchies, gitchies, gonchies [diminutive]

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "en:Underwear",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "word": "gaunch"
        },
        {
          "word": "gonch"
        },
        {
          "english": "Alberta",
          "tags": [
            "British-Columbia"
          ],
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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        },
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          "text": "I stopped beside Carl. 'Go ahead,' I told him. 'Pull his gotch right up over his fucking head.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Milton Ramsden, Northward to Love, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 56:",
          "text": "Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics, Hamish Hamilton, published 2013, →ISBN:",
          "text": "So I was off atop a mountain, a day out of town and soaked through the gotch, when Jack spotted the American car.",
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    },
    {
      "word": "gaunch"
    },
    {
      "word": "gonch"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "British-Columbia"
      ],
      "word": "ginch"
    },
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      "word": "gitchies"
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      "tags": [
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          "text": "I stopped beside Carl. 'Go ahead,' I told him. 'Pull his gotch right up over his fucking head.'",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Milton Ramsden, Northward to Love, Trafford Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 56:",
          "text": "Hilly howled as he lit the lamp and dove toward us clad in only his gotch.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, D. W. Wilson, Ballistics, Hamish Hamilton, published 2013, →ISBN:",
          "text": "So I was off atop a mountain, a day out of town and soaked through the gotch, when Jack spotted the American car.",
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