gatso

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Definition of gatso

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (UK, informal)A speed camera.
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noun

  1. (UK, informal)A speed camera.

verb

  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.”

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Etymology

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

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