gots

See also: Gots and göts

English

Etymology

From a reanalysis of got (colloquial form of have got) as a present tense verb.

Verb

gots

  1. (nonstandard) has, has got (3rd person singular)
    • 1993, “U.N.I.T.Y.”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
      Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go
  2. (nonstandard, dialectal) have, have got (other forms)
    • 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader:
      "See, I gots bad hair, the kind of hair you have to wet in the morning 'fore you can comb it," he explains.
    • 2010, “Party Rock Anthem”, in LMFAO (music), Sorry for Party Rocking:
      What the track? I gots to know!

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Pronunciation

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Noun

gots

  1. masculine plural of got

Swedish

Noun

gots

  1. indefinite genitive singular of got
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