• Catching

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ætʃɪŋ

    Verb

    catching
    1. Present participle of catch

    Full definition of catching

    Noun

    catching

    (countable and uncountable; plural catchings)
    1. The action of the verb catch.
      • 1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical DictionaryThough catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later...

    Adjective

    catching

    1. (informal) contagious
    2. captivating; alluring
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