gots

See also: Gots, and göts

English

From a reanalysis of got (colloquial form of have got) as a present tense verb.

gots

(nonstandard) Has, has got (3rd person singular).
- 1993, Dana Owens, Kier Gist (lyrics and music), “U.N.I.T.Y.” (track 12), in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:
  Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go
(nonstandard, dialectal) Have, have got (other forms).
- 1988 April 8, Grant Pick, “Johnny Washington's Life”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:
  "See, I gots bad hair, the kind of hair you have to wet in the morning 'fore you can comb it," he explains.
- 2010, David Listenbee, Stefan Gordy, Skyler Gordy, Peter Schroeder (lyrics and music), “Party Rock Anthem” (track 3), in Sorry for Party Rocking, performed by LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock:
  What the track? I gots to know!

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