catching
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkætʃɪŋ/
- IPA(key): [ˈkʰæt͡ʃɪŋ], [ˈkʰæʔt͡ʃɪŋ]
- Hyphenation: catch‧ing
- Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ
Adjective
catching (comparative more catching, superlative most catching)
- (informal) contagious
- captivating; alluring
- 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.
- 2013, R. T. Wolfe, Dark Vengeance
Hyponyms
- eye-catching
Translations
informal: contagious
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Noun
catching (countable and uncountable, plural catchings)
- 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 […]
- 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary
Verb
catching
- present participle of catch