gatta

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noun

A police officer.

OriginItalian Gatta →
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Meanings

gatta1

noungatta (plural gattas)

plural gattas

  1. South AfricaslangA 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.

    2005, Al Lovejoy, Acid Alex, Zebra Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 167

Gatta2

proper nounGatta (plural Gattas)

plural Gattas

  1. A surname from Italian.

Origin

  1. ItalianGatta
  2. EnglishGatta

Borrowed from Italian Gatta.

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APA

gatta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatta

MLA

“gatta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gatta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gatta.

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