caught

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ(ː)t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːt]

  • Audio (UK)

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  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [k̠ʰoːt]

  • Audio (Australia)

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [kʰɔt], [kʰɔə̯t], [kʰoə̯t], [kʰʊə̯t]

    • Audio (distinctive cot-caught)

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [kʰɑt]

    • Audio (US cot-caught merged)

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [kʰɒt]

    • Audio (US-Inland North)

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• Homophones: cot (accents with cot-caught merger), court (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -ɔːt

Adjective

caught (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Derived terms

• caught and bowled

Verb

caught

1. simple past tense and past participle of catch

Derived terms

• cot-caught merger