"catching" meaning in English

See catching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-catching.wav Forms: more catching [comparative], most catching [superlative]
Rhymes: -æt͡ʃɪŋ, -ɛt͡ʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} catching (comparative more catching, superlative most catching)
  1. (informal) Infectious, contagious. Tags: informal Translations (informal: contagious): заразителен (zarazitelen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-catching-en-adj-UXi3DwAI Disambiguation of 'informal: contagious': 97 3
  2. Captivating; alluring; catchy. Translations (captivating; alluring): привлекателен (privlekatelen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-catching-en-adj-gLAk740S Disambiguation of 'captivating; alluring': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: eye-catching

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-catching.wav Forms: catchings [plural]
Rhymes: -æt͡ʃɪŋ, -ɛt͡ʃɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} catching (countable and uncountable, plural catchings)
  1. The action of the verb catch. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-catching-en-noun-ulvCfpS8

Verb

IPA: /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-catching.wav
Rhymes: -æt͡ʃɪŋ, -ɛt͡ʃɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} catching
  1. present participle and gerund of catch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: catch Derived forms: birdcatching, catchingly, catchingness, flycatching, molecatching, ratcatching, slavecatching, spycatching
    Sense id: en-catching-en-verb-609M8VrK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 23 4 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 20 6 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 17 5 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 33 5 55

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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