betcha

See also: Betcha

English

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Etymology

From bet +‎ -cha. Second sense possibly from bet your rather than bet you.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛt͡ʃə/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃə

Contraction

betcha

  1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of bet you.
    I betcha any money that that's the case.
    • 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 19:
      ‘[A]nd I’ll betcha Ignatz here’d think the top of a cocoanut tree nineteen times wonderfuller.’
  2. (pronunciation spelling, informal) Can be sure of it.
    You betcha! (meaning You can bet your bottom dollar!)

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