catching

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æt͡ʃɪŋ, -ɛt͡ʃɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: catch‧ing

Adjective

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catching (comparative more catching, superlative most catching)

  1. (informal) Infectious, contagious.
  2. Captivating; alluring; catchy.
    • 2013, R. T. Wolfe, Dark Vengeance:
      Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.

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Translations

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Noun

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catching (countable and uncountable, plural catchings)

  1. The action of the verb catch.
    • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary:
      Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later []

Verb

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catching

  1. present participle and gerund of catch

Derived terms

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