catch

The act of seizing or capturing.

The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work.

The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.

The player made an impressive catch.

Nice catch!

The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

Good catch. I never would have remembered that.

"In that case," said Jeff, "I just thought of something else we need." He walked over to one of the stations that was selling household goods and bought a can opener. "Nice catch," said Lucy.

The game of catching a ball.

The kids love to play catch.

Something which is captured or caught.

The fishermen took pictures of their catch.

The catch amounted to five tons of swordfish.

To capture, overtake.

I hope I catch a fish.

He ran but we caught him at the exit.

To capture, overtake.

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

To capture, overtake.

The public[…]said that Miss Bogardus was a suffragist because she had never caught a man; that she wanted something, but it wasn't the vote.

"She caught this blanquito guy from El Condado," and you immediately know "My god, all that money."

To capture, overtake.

If he catches you on the chin, you'll be on the mat.

The visitors started brightly and had an early chance when Valencia's experienced captain David Albeda gifted the ball to Fernando Torres, but the striker was caught by defender Adil Rami as he threatened to shoot.

To capture, overtake.

If you leave now you might catch him.

I would love to have dinner but I have to catch a plane.