Meaning of catch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of seizing or capturing.
   countable
2. The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
   countable
3. To detect (another) in wrongdoing or error.
4. The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
   countable
5. To receive a punishment or scolding.
6. The game of catching a ball.
   uncountable
7. To rest so as to be able to continue an activity.
8. Something which is captured or caught.
   countable
9. To catch a cold or other illness.
10. A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
    broadly, colloquial, countable
11. Informal Used to express good-bye.
    Informal
12. A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
    countable
13. catch it, Informal. to receive a reprimand or punishment.
14. A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
    countable
15. infectious. Is chicken-pox catching? aansteeklik مُعدِ، مُنْتَقِلٌ بالعَدْوى заразителен contagioso nakažlivý ansteckend smitsom κολλητικόςcontagioso nakkav مسری؛ واگیردار tarttuva contagieux מִדַבֵּק संक्रमण इत्यादि का फैलना zarazan, privlačan ragályos menular smitandi contagioso 感染性の 전염성인 užkrečiamas lipīgs berjangkit besmettelijksmittsom; smittendezaraźliwy سارى contagioso molipsitor заразный chytľavý, nákazlivý nalezljiv zarazan smittsam ที่ติดต่อได้ง่าย (โรค) bulaşıcı 會傳染的 заразливий; за...
16. A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
    countable
17. (of a tune) attractive and easily remembered. oulik, aantreklik جَذّابٌ وَسَهْلُ الحِفْظ лесно запомнящ се cativante poutavý, působivý fesselnd iørefaldende ευχάριστος στο αφτί, που μπορεί κπ. εύκολα να θυμηθεί pegadizo meeldejääv آنچه زود یاد گرفته می شود و دیر از یاد میرود tarttuva facile à retenir מַדבִּיק आकर्षक privlačan fülbemászó menarik grípandi orecchiabile 覚えやすい 재미 있고 기억하기 쉬운 lengvai įsimenamas viegli iegaumējams menarik pakkendiørefallende, smittende chwytliwy څه چی ږر یاد کیږی que...
18. A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
    countable
19. a phrase or word in popular use for a time. slagwoord; trefwoord عِبارَةٌ تَلْفِتُ النَّظَر وَتُثيرُ الأهْتِمام често употребявана фраза slogan módní výraz, fráze das Schlagwort modeord; slagord φράση, λέξη της μόδας tópico, eslogan, muletilla lööksõna تکیه کلام iskulause rengaine, slogan accrocheur אִמְרַת כָּנַף नारा krilatica divatos szólás ungkapan yang lazim kjörorð, slagorð; tískuorð slogan, motto キャッチフレーズ 이목을 끄는 문구 populiarus žodis/posakis modes teiciens/vārds perkataan yang popular mo...
20. A fragment of music or poetry.
    countable
21. to attract someone's attention. The advertisement caught my eye; I couldn't catch the waiter's eye and so we were last to be served. aandag trek يَلْفِتُ الأنْتِباه привличам atrair a atenção upoutat pozornost den Blick auf sich ziehen fange (ens) øje τραβώ την προσοχή κπ. atraer la atención de alguien (kellegi) pilku püüdma توجه کسی را جلب کردن herättää jnk huomio attirer l'attention de לִתְפוֹס אֶת הַמַבָּט של- आकर्षित करना nastojati svratiti pažnju blikkfangos menarik perhatian draga til s...
22. A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
23. A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
    countable
24. A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
25. A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
    countable
26. The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
    countable
27. The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
    countable
28. A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
    countable
29. The first contact of an oar with the water.
    countable
30. A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
    countable
31. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
    countable, uncountable
32. A slight remembrance; a trace.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.”

“The player made an impressive catch.”

“Nice catch!”

“Good catch. I never would have remembered that.”

“"In that case," said Jeff, "I just thought of something else we need." He walked over to one of the stations that was selling household goods and bought a can opener. "Nice catch," said Lucy.”

“The kids love to play catch.”

“The fishermen took pictures of their catch.”

“The catch amounted to five tons of swordfish.”

“Did you see his latest catch?”

“He's a good catch.”

“Mr. Alfred O'Shea, a tenorizing youth from Australia, sang several times at Queen's Hall, and may congratulate himself on being one of the ‘catches’ of the season. He sang airs from Italian and French operas, and also a number of Irish ditties—naturally, with a name like that and such an ingratiating McCormackian voice.”

“"Aaaugh! Just once, I wish I could be considered a catch by men younger than fifty..."”

“She installed a sturdy catch to keep her cabinets closed tight.”

“There was a catch in his voice when he spoke his father's name.”

“It sounds like a great idea, but what's the catch?”

“Be careful, that's a catch question.”

“I bent over to see under the table and got a catch in my side.”

“In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.”

“"'Fair Enslaver!'" cried Mr. Enderby. "You must know 'Fair Enslaver:' there is not a sweeter catch than that. Come, Miss Ibbotson, begin; your sister will follow, and I—" But it so happened that Miss Ibbotson had never heard 'Fair Enslaver.'”

“You lie at the catch again: this is not for edification.”

“The common and the canon law […] lie at catch, and wait advantages one against another.”

“There was a good catch of rye and a good fall growth.”

“Fourteene miles Northward from the river Powhatan, is the river Pamaunke, which is navigable 60 or 70 myles, but with Catches and small Barkes 30 or 40 myles farther.”

“Let us be jocund: will you troll the catch / You taught me but while-ere?”

“One night, I remember, we sang a catch, written (words and music) by Orlo Williams, for three voices.”

“The phrase repeated itself like the catch of a song.”

“It was he who removed Peter Bowler with the help of a good catch at third slip.”

“[…] in the field he is all activity, covers an immense amount of ground, and is a sure catch.”

“They are sitting up straighter, breaking their arms at the catch and getting on a terrific amount of power at the catch with each stroke.”

“When a Scot pronounces water, better, or bottle—wa’er, be’er, or bo’le—the sound is precisely that of the catch; […].”

“The glottal stop or glottal catch is the sound used in English in the informal words uh-huh 'yes' and uh-uh 'no'.”

“the way it has been writ in, by catches, and many long intervals of interruption”

“We retain a catch of those pretty stories.”

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