Sekirov Dictionary

catching

/ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3
phrases 1

adjective2

•
(informal) Infectious, contagious.
- Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching! — 1857
•
Captivating; alluring; catchy.
- Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman. — 2013

noun1

•
The action of the verb catch.
- Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…] — 1819

forms

catchings · more catching · most catching

Phrases with catching

eye-catching
Visually attractive.

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