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View synonyms for catching

catching

[ kach-ing ]

adjective

  1. tending to be transmitted from one person to another; contagious or infectious:

    a disease that is catching;

    His enthusiasm is catching.

  2. a catching personality.



catching

/ ˈkætʃɪŋ /

adjective

  1. infectious
  2. attractive; captivating


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Other Words From

  • catching·ly adverb
  • catching·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of catching1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; catch, -ing 2

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Example Sentences

The cameraman was reporting on the factory catching fire when the inevitable happened.

Caen was pitching and I was crouched behind the dish, catching.

I was out, maybe in the Great Barrier Reef catching black marlin.

It was early last week, the weather was catching up with the season.

The Common Core education standards are catching on with parents and teachers.

And since he was too busy catching angleworms for himself to help her and her husband, she wished he would keep out of sight.

"That was a job I had mighty little stomach for," he said, catching my eye and smiling faintly.

I began to understand a little more, catching, I suppose, something of his strong thinking.

On rolled the wave of blue, catching and flinging back hundreds of the fleeing Confederates.

“No visitors allowed aboard,” replied Mr Welton sternly; catching up, nevertheless, a coil of rope.

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