About The Word Catching
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Catching
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What's The Definition Of Catching?
[n] becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
[n] playing the position of catcher on a baseball team [n] the act of detecting something; catching sight of something [adj] (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection Synonyms | Synonyms for Catching: communicable | contagious | contractable | contracting | detection | espial | infectious | spotting | spying | transmissible | transmittable Related Terms | Find terms related to Catching: alluring | annexational | appealing | appetizing | attractive | beguiling | bewitching | blandishing | cajoling | captivating | charismatic | charming | coaxing | come-hither | communicable | confiscatory | contagious | coquettish | deadly | deprivative | destructive | enchanting | endemic | engaging | enravishing | enthralling | enticing | entrancing | envenomed | epidemial | epidemic | epiphytotic | epizootic | exciting | exotic | expropriatory | fascinating | fetching | flirtatious | glamorous | hypnotic | infectious | infective | inoculable | interesting | intriguing | inviting | irresistible | malign | malignant | mephitic | mesmeric | miasmal | miasmatic | miasmic | mouth-watering | noxious | pandemic | pestiferous | pestilential | piquant | poisonous | prepossessing | privative | provocative | provoquant | ravishing | seducing | seductive | siren | sirenic | spellbinding | spellful | sporadic | spreading | taking | tantalizing | teasing | tempting | thievish | tickling | titillating | titillative | toxic | toxicant | toxiferous | transmissible | transmittable | venenate | veneniferous | venenous | venomous | virulent | winning | winsome | witching | zymotic See Also | acquiring | ball | baseball | baseball game | discovery | find | getting | playing | uncovering Catching In Webster's Dictionary \Catch"ing\ a.
1. Infectious; contagious.
2. Captivating; alluring.
\Catch"ing\, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. {Catching bargain} (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. --Bouvier. |
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