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catching en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (informal) Infectious, contagious.
    • a pessimism that seemed to be catching
    • Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching! 1857, Herman Melville, chapter V, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
  2. Captivating; alluring; catchy.
    • 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:

Forms

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more catching Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most catching Degree=Sup lexicographic

Hyponyms

eye-catching

Synonyms

taking

Translations (3)

bg привлекателен (captivating; alluring) · ru заразный (informal: contagious) · bg заразителен (informal: contagious)

catching en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • (US) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The action of the verb catch.
    • 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:

Forms

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catchings Number=Plur lexicographic