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adjectivetending to be transmitted from one person to another; contagious or infectious: a disease that is catching; His enthusiasm is catching. attractive; fascinating; captivating; alluring: a catching personality. Origin of catchinglate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at catch, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM catchingcatch·ing·ly, adverbcatch·ing·ness, nounWords nearby catchingcatch dog, catcher, catcher's box, catch fire, catchfly, catching, catching pen, catch in the act, catch it, catchline, catchment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for catchingCaen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching. Mario Cuomo, Always Moving Us Toward the Light|Mike Barnicle|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST It was early last week, the weather was catching up with the season. The Stacks: A Chicken Dinner That Mends Your Heart|Pete Dexter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Common Core education standards are catching on with parents and teachers. Why Voters Love Common Core|Harold Ford Jr.|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST The movie, directed by Francis Lawrence, opens after the events of Catching Fire. What ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ Has in Common with ISIS Videos and Killing Bin Laden|Marlow Stern|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It could also be true that she really was an insufferable lunatic afraid of catching Ebola from the plebeians. Do We Still Hate Anne Hathaway?|Kevin Fallon|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST They use these almadias for catching fish, and for transporting themselves up or down the river. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. II|Robert Kerr Sam uttered an uncontrollable howl and sprang upon Penrod, catching him round the waist. Penrod and Sam|Booth Tarkington After the dance had continued about an hour, the two ladies, who were apprehensive of catching cold, moved to break up the ball. The Vicar of Wakefield|Oliver Goldsmith "I lost three good hours' sleep this morning on the chance of catching you here at table," the editor went on. The Wreckers|Francis Lynde During the rest of the four-and-twenty hours it seemed to be occupied by a solitary angler, catching chiefly seaweed. Mr. Punch at the Seaside|Various
British Dictionary definitions for catching
adjectiveinfectious attractive; captivating Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to catchingendemic, taking, pandemic, epidemic, communicable, dangerous, infectious, pestiferous, transferable, pestilential, epizootic, infective, miasmatic, transmittable |