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Gatso

Gatso noun: a speed camera.

Noun

Gatso (plural Gatsos)

  1. (UK, informal) A speed camera.

Verb

Gatso (third-person singular simple present Gatsos, present participle Gatsoing, simple past and past participle Gatsoed or Gatso'd)

  1. (UK, informal, transitive) To 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)

Forms of Gatso

Noun
pluralGatsos
Verb
third-person singular presentGatsos
present participleGatsoing
past participleGatsoed
pastGatsoed
past participleGatso'd
pastGatso'd

Origin of Gatso

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

Questions about Gatso

What does Gatso mean?
Gatso means a speed camera.
What part of speech is Gatso?
Gatso can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of Gatso?
The plural of Gatso is Gatsos.

Words near Gatso in the dictionary

  1. gatsby
  2. Gatsbyan
  3. Gatsbyesque
  4. Gatsbyish
  5. gatsbys
  6. Gatso
  7. Gatson
  8. Gatsons
  9. GATT
  10. gatta
  11. Gattaran

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