"ketch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ketches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: From Middle English catche, from cacchen (“to catch”). For the modern form with /ɛ/, compare the pronunciation /kɛtʃ/ of catch. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|catche}} Middle English catche, {{m|enm|cacchen|t=to catch}} cacchen (“to catch”), {{m|en|catch}} catch Head templates: {{en-noun}} ketch (plural ketches)
  1. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post. Categories (topical): Watercraft Derived forms: bomb ketch Related terms: yawl Translations (sailing vessel): kits (Dutch), ketsi (Finnish), კეჩი (ḳeči) (Georgian), δικάταρτο (dikátarto) [neuter] (Greek), queche [masculine] (Portuguese), кеч (keč) [masculine] (Russian), queche [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ketch-en-noun-TLGaz708 Disambiguation of Watercraft: 63 5 30 2 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 3 48 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /kɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ketches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ketch (plural ketches)
  1. A hangman. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-ketch-en-noun-knGLui9E Disambiguation of Death: 11 57 33 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ketches [present, singular, third-person], ketching [participle, present], ketched [participle, past], ketched [past]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: See catch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|catch}} catch Head templates: {{en-verb}} ketch (third-person singular simple present ketches, present participle ketching, simple past and past participle ketched)
  1. Pronunciation spelling of catch. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: catch
    Sense id: en-ketch-en-verb-e6RnRAYG Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 61 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 3 48 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 5 54 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɛt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ketches [present, singular, third-person], ketching [participle, present], ketched [participle, past], ketched [past]
Rhymes: -ɛtʃ Etymology: From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century. Head templates: {{en-verb}} ketch (third-person singular simple present ketches, present participle ketching, simple past and past participle ketched)
  1. (rare) To hang. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-ketch-en-verb-X2nYmzF-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [French]

Forms: ketchs [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} ketch m (plural ketchs)
  1. ketch (boat) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ketch-fr-noun-PbAcQL~r Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1681, T. FLATMAN Heraclitus Ridens No. 14",
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}

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          "ref": "1929, H. W. ODUM, in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973), page 184",
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