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Catching

Catching Definition And Meaning
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.

Catching Definition And Meaning

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

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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