See catch lacking on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Perhaps an eggcorn for catch napping.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "catches lacking",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "catching lacking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "caught lacking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "caught lacking",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"1": "<,,caught>"
},
"expansion": "catch lacking (third-person singular simple present catches lacking, present participle catching lacking, simple past and past participle caught lacking)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "African-American Vernacular English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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},
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{
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],
"glosses": [
"To catch off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
],
"id": "en-catch_lacking-en-verb-FIKK1tpS",
"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To catch off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "caught with one's pants down"
}
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "catch lacking"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Perhaps an eggcorn for catch napping.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "catches lacking",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "catching lacking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "caught lacking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "caught lacking",
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"past"
]
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"word": "caught with one's pants down"
}
],
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{
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
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"English verbs",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"To catch off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
],
"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To catch off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "catch lacking"
}
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