catchy

English

Etymology

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catch +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkætʃi/, /ˈkɛtʃi/
• 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)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     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.”

2. (dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.

   a catchy question

3. (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.

   a catchy wind

   • Encyc. of Sport

     It [the fox's scent] is […] flighty or catchy, if variable.

Translations

instantly appealing and memorable

• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} лесно запомнящ се (lesno zapomnjašt se)
• Catalan: enganxós
• Czech: chytlavý f
• Danish: fængende, iøjnefaldende (about sth. visual), iørefaldende (of a tune)
• Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), pakkend (nl)
• Finnish: tarttuva (fi), iskevä (fi)
• German: einprägsam (de), packend (de), eingängig (de)
• Greek: πιασάρικος (el) (piasárikos)
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• Hungarian: fülbemászó (hu) (tune)
• Italian: accattivante (it), orecchiabile (it)
• Japanese: キャッチーな (kyatchi na), 覚えやすい (oboe-yasui), 耳に残る (mimi ni nokoru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fengende

• Russian: привя́зчивый (ru) (privjázčivyj)
• Spanish: pegadizo (es), pegajoso (es)