catchy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætʃi

Adjective

catchy (comparative catchier, superlative catchiest)

1. Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”:

     The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”

Translations

instantly appealing and memorable

• Bulgarian: лесно запомнящ се (bg) (lesno zapomnjašt se)
• Czech: chytlavý (cs) f
• Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), pakkend (nl)
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi), iskevä (fi)
• German: einprägsam (de), packend (de), eingängig (de)
• Greek: πιασάρικος

• Hungarian: fülbemászó (hu) (tune)
• Italian: accattivante (it), orecchiabile (it)
• Norwegian: catchy (no)
• Russian: привязчивый (ru) (priv'áš'ivyj)
• Spanish: pegadizo (es), fácil de recordar (es), expresivo (es)