caught
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ(ː)t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [kʰɔːt]
Audio (UK) (file) - (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA(key): [k̠ʰoːt]
Audio (Australia) (file) - (US) IPA(key): [kʰɔt]
Audio (US-Inland North) (file)
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /kɑt/, [kʰɑt]
Audio (US cot-caught merged) (file)
- Homophones: cot (accents with cot-caught merger), court (non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɔːt
Adjective
caught (not comparable)
- (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
Verb
caught
- simple past tense and past participle of catch
Derived terms
- caught with one's hand in the cookie jar