gatta

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gatta¹

noun gattas

  1. South Africa, slang A police officer. They went into the pub and started a fight. One that was just bad enough for someone to call the boere. When the gattas arrived they got donnered for their trouble.

Gatta²

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Borrowed from Italian Gatta.

proper noun Gattas

  1. A surname from Italian.

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"gatta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gatta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gatta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gatta

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"gatta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gatta.

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@misc{gatta_2026,
  title = {gatta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gatta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}