catching

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/ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

able, against, alive, bad, clumsy, cold, efficient, high

VERB + CATCHING

am, avoid, fear, guard, prevent, prevented, result, show

CATCHING + NOUN

batons, food, tiger, woman

PREP.

from, in, on

ADV.

possibly

Definitions

adj

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!

Captivating; alluring; catchy.

Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.

noun

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[…]

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — becoming infected

contracting

noun — the act of detecting something

adjective — (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

communicable
contagious
contractable
transmissible
transmittable

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

mocking is catching

Be careful of making fun of others, lest others make fun of you.

Example Bank

Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching!

Wiktionary

Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.

Wiktionary

Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…]

Wiktionary

I'm catching on.

Tatoeba · #28197

Which train are you catching?

Tatoeba · #37467

The traffic accident prevented me from catching the train.

Tatoeba · #47152

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, catching is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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