"catchy" meaning in English

See catchy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkæt͡ʃi/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catchy.wav Forms: catchier [comparative], catchiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætʃi Etymology: From catch + -y. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|catch|-y}} catch + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} catchy (comparative catchier, superlative catchiest)
  1. (of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable. Translations (instantly appealing and memorable): enganxós (Catalan), chytlavý (Czech), fængende (Danish), iøjnefaldende (note: about sth. visual) (Danish), iørefaldende (note: of a tune) (Danish), aanstekelijk (Dutch), pakkend (Dutch), tarttuva (Finnish), iskevä (Finnish), entraînant (French), einprägsam (German), griffig (German), packend (German), eingängig (German), πιασάρικος (piasárikos) (Greek), fülbemászó (note: of a tune) (Hungarian), accattivante (Italian), orecchiabile (Italian), キャッチーな (kyatchi na) (Japanese), 覚えやすい (oboe-yasui) (Japanese), 耳に残る (mimi ni nokoru) (Japanese), fengende (Norwegian Bokmål), chwytliwy (Polish), memorável (Portuguese), contagiante (Portuguese), cativante (Portuguese), привя́зчивый (privjázčivyj) (Russian), pegadizo (Spanish), pegajoso (Spanish), medryckande (Swedish), trallvänlig (Swedish), svängig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-catchy-en-adj-u55f7u9L Disambiguation of 'instantly appealing and memorable': 95 1 1 3
  2. (dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling. Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: en-catchy-en-adj-udFYkyXW
  3. (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable. Tags: dated
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  4. Contagious; catching.
    Sense id: en-catchy-en-adj-idovrLIy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: catchily, catchiness, uncatchy

Inflected forms

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        [
          "entangling",
          "entangling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a catchy wind",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Encyc. of Sport\nIt [the fox's scent] is […] flighty or catchy, if variable."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Consist",
          "consist"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ],
        [
          "disconnected",
          "disconnected"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "snatch",
          "snatch"
        ],
        [
          "changeable",
          "changeable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941, Florence LaGanke Harris, Hazel Hanna Huston, The New Home Economics Omnibus:",
          "text": "The catchy cold which has been transmitted to you directly or indirectly might have been avoided had you been in better physical condition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contagious; catching."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Contagious",
          "contagious#English"
        ],
        [
          "catching",
          "catching"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæt͡ʃi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɛt͡ʃi/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ætʃi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "enganxós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "chytlavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "fængende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "about sth. visual",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "iøjnefaldende"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "note": "of a tune",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "iørefaldende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "aanstekelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "pakkend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "tarttuva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "iskevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "entraînant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "einprägsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "griffig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "packend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "eingängig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "piasárikos",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "πιασάρικος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of a tune",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "fülbemászó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "accattivante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "orecchiabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyatchi na",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "キャッチーな"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oboe-yasui",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "覚えやすい"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mimi ni nokoru",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "耳に残る"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "fengende"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "chwytliwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "memorável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "contagiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "cativante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "privjázčivyj",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "привя́зчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "pegadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "pegajoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "medryckande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "trallvänlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "instantly appealing and memorable",
      "word": "svängig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catchy"
}

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