Meaning of cotch | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pronunciation spelling of catch.
   alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
2. To hang out or chill out; to relax.
   Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, intransitive
3. To prop, lean, rest.
   Jamaica, intransitive

Examples

“Blast his sowl--that hunter I mane, an' if iver I cotch him, may I be used for a flail if I don't settle⟳ his accounts."”

“"Dey come⟳ here for to cotch young massa George Le Dell, 'cause dey knowed he would be shore for to come⟳ here."”

“Youse bettah look⟳ out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, shuah!"”

“Mas'r Sumner an' a'heap mo' on 'em would jes' like⟳ fur to kill⟳ dat Mas'r Dayton ef dey could cotch him.”

“But one ting ish goot; dey cotch de murterer."”

“Ye mought hev cotch the smallpox.”

“"Well, we've cotch them any how," said the urchin, as he disengaged himself from his wet⟳ saddle, and stood upon the ground; "and it is not my fault that the coach is not before us."”

“I’m sitting here cotching by the side of the road / Watching the world go by through the eyes of a rogue”

“And we don't really need⟳ Netflix, I'mma give⟳ you something to watch⟳ / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour⟳ me a glass of the Henny on the rocks”

“She gestures toward the crème with her chin, an action that she has seen the women in the shop⟳ do when they place⟳ their orders, their confidence evident in the way they stand⟳, leaning with all their weight on the counter, one leg cotched on the back of the other.”

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