got

nonstandard present singular third person gots · past suppletive had

1. no past participleno present participleExpressing obligation; used with have.

   I can’t go out tonight: I’ve got to study for my exams.

2. colloquialno past participleno present participleMust; have/has (to).

   I got to go study.

   1 more example

   We got to ride to clean up the streets / For our wives and our daughters!

   1971, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, “Smackwater Jack”, in Tapestry, Ode Records

3. colloquialno past participleno present participlenonstandardregionalHave/has.

   They got a new car.

   1 more example

   He got a lot of nerve.

1. pastsimple past of get

   We got the last bus home.

2. participlepastpast participle of get

   I’ve got two children.

   2 more examples

   By that time we’d got very cold.

   How many children have you got?

3. pastsimple past of git

1. ManglishSinglishinvariableHave; there is (indicates the possession or existence of something).

   Got car! Got car!

   Watch out for the car!

   5 more examples

   You got problem is it?

   Got ants over here.

   “Got lighter or not?”

   1999, Alfian Sa'at, Corridor, Singapore: SNP Editions, →OCLC, page 122

   She sure got a lot of costume change, make-up, wig long long…

   2010, Haresh Sharma, Those Who Can't, Teach, Epigram Books, Act II, scene iv

   “There is no such thing as president of the world. But there is one king of the world. I am king of the world. Bigger than you!” “Where got king, one? Who say so? You play cheat.” “My mother say got. You don’t believe me you ask her.”

   2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN

2. SinglishauxiliaryinvariableMarks the completive or experiential aspect.

   I got ski.

   I went skiing.

   4 more examples

   You got shower?

   Have you showered?

   I got ski before.

   I have skied before.

   You got send [e-mail] meh? I never receive leh.

   2010 August 22, Fiona Chan, “Dummies’ guide to e-mail”, in The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 13

   I got find it a bit weird lah, to be honest with you—it’s just a small cup!

   2021, Daryl Qilin Yam, Lovelier, Lonelier, Epigram Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms: ever

3. SinglishauxiliaryinvariableUsed as a marker of realis modality.

   I got go Taiwan next year.

   I’m already/actually going to Taiwan next year.

4. SinglishauxiliaryinvariableUsed to emphasize that an action has been done.

   I got tell them just now.

5. SinglishauxiliaryinvariableMarks the habitual aspect in the present or past tense.

   You got play badminton?

   Do you play badminton?

   1 more example

   I got cook meals for them.

   I cook meals for them; I would cook meals for them (now and then or regularly).

alternative GOT · alternative Got

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Game of Thrones.

plural GOTs

1. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase.
2. abbreviationcountableuncountableAbbreviation of geranyl-pyrophosphate-olivetolic acid geranyltransferase or geranyl-diphosphate:olivetolate geranyltransferase.
3. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”).

   Synonyms: AST, AspAT, ASAT, AAT

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of global offset table.

1. alternativeAlternative form of GoT (“Game of Thrones”).