Gatso

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noun

A speed camera.

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Meanings

nounGatso (plural Gatsos)

plural Gatsos

  1. UKinformalA speed camera.
verbGatso (third-person singular simple present Gatsos, present participle Gatsoing, simple past and past participle Gatsoed or Gatso'd)

present singular third person Gatsos · participle present Gatsoing · participle past Gatsoed · past Gatsoed · participle past Gatso'd · past Gatso'd

  1. UKinformaltransitiveTo fine (a driver) for exceeding the speed limit with the help of a speed camera.

    Hmm, sounds like a plan we should recommend to the next idiots who come along moaning about how unfair it is they've been Gatso'ed, to go speeding back past the camera in the opposite direction.

    2001 November 10, Lordy, “Re: Gatso Cameras”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet)

Origin

From the Gatso brand of speed cameras and red light cameras, widely used in the United Kingdom.

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Anagrams

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APA

Gatso. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gatso

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gatso,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gatso.

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