catch a stray in English

Forms: catches a stray [present, singular, third-person], catching a stray [participle, present], caught a stray [participle, past], caught a stray [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: catch (“to be hit by”) + a + stray (“stray bullet”) Etymology templates: {{m|en|catch|t=to be hit by}} catch (“to be hit by”), {{m|en|a}} a, {{m|en|stray|t=stray bullet}} stray (“stray bullet”) Head templates: {{en-verb|catch<,,caught> a stray}} catch a stray (third-person singular simple present catches a stray, present participle catching a stray, simple past and past participle caught a stray)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 December 18, @MXCKdotCom, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-03-26",
          "text": "Jayda goes at it with Teanna Trump and Lil Baby catches a stray.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 June 2, @thoughtfulbae, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-09-07",
          "text": "Nobody in the history of hip hop catch more strays than Tito Jackson.",
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          "ref": "2021 December 5, @WhatDJTweets, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-24",
          "text": "nigga caught a stray in his own restaurant 😂😂😂😭😭😭",
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          "ref": "2022 January 7, @Jussdin_, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-24",
          "text": "Dominican niggas catching so many strays omg. fuck em tho",
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          "ref": "2023 March 21, @iramadisonthree, Twitter",
          "text": "The way 1D caught a stray here???",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 May 6, @RexChapman, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-05-13",
          "text": "Florida catching strays from abroad...",
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        {
          "ref": "2023 May 8, @janedcw, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-05-13",
          "text": "Dad caught a crazy stray",
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        "To be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument."
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          "ref": "2020 December 18, @MXCKdotCom, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-03-26",
          "text": "Jayda goes at it with Teanna Trump and Lil Baby catches a stray.",
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          "ref": "2021 June 2, @thoughtfulbae, Twitter, archived from the original on 2021-09-07",
          "text": "Nobody in the history of hip hop catch more strays than Tito Jackson.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 December 5, @WhatDJTweets, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-24",
          "text": "nigga caught a stray in his own restaurant 😂😂😂😭😭😭",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "2022 January 7, @Jussdin_, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-24",
          "text": "Dominican niggas catching so many strays omg. fuck em tho",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "text": "The way 1D caught a stray here???",
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          "text": "Florida catching strays from abroad...",
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          "text": "Dad caught a crazy stray",
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        "To be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument."
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"catch a stray" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms