"kotch" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: kotches [present, singular, third-person], kotching [participle, present], kotched [participle, past], kotched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} kotch (third-person singular simple present kotches, present participle kotching, simple past and past participle kotched)
  1. (Jamaica, slang, intransitive) Alternative form of cotch Tags: Jamaica, alt-of, alternative, intransitive, slang Alternative form of: cotch
    Sense id: en-kotch-en-verb-K-Vpg-ag Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Jamaican English

Verb [Yola]

IPA: /kɔt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From Middle English cacchen. Etymology templates: {{inh|yol|enm|cacchen}} Middle English cacchen Head templates: {{head|yol|verb}} kotch
  1. catch, caught
    Sense id: en-kotch-yol-verb-kpvhmA5Q Categories (other): Yola entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kotch meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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