Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Past tense and past participle of catch.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Preterit and past participle of catch.
Wiktionary
- adv. cricket Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of catch.
GNU Webster's 1913
- imp. & p. p. of catch.
Examples
“But the term caught on, the media picked it up, and we are stuck with it.”
“The title caught my attention; as a proud Regretsian I wanted to see if Regretsy was the cause of her humiliation.”
“She stared and stared at the image of the woman on the cover, her expression caught somewhere between agony and ecstasy, the internal struggle between desire and propriety expertly caught by the brush of the artist.”
“That doesn't diminish the reality that, if he decides to run, Emanuel would be a formidable candidate to succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley, whose announcement that he won't seek another term caught everyone by surprise.”
The Washington Post: In Chicago, it's not Rahm's for the asking
“It has a decent cast and the title caught my mood while at work.”
“USA Today ran a story on the report and the term caught on," explained Lang in an e-mail.”
“The end of the word caught in her throat and she sat there, hands empty, as they wheeled him out.”
“Hearing her name caught her off guard, and she looked up at the mariachis, wondering if it had been her imagination.”
“The name caught in her throat as she tried to push back the horrible thought that assaulted her mind.”
“She was cloaked head to foot, but her expression caught his attention the most.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘caught’.
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The Request Line
This is the place to add words you'd like Charles Harrington Elster to pronounce for you!
swingeing, affiant, dahlia, hydrangea, re, clematis, Nabokov, casu marzu, schadenfreudgeon, nefarious, mewl, manteion and 170 more...
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Past tense in -t.
Some words are always like this. Some only when British or archaic. Some are just fun.
built, spent, bent, spilt, spoilt, ruint, thought, caught, brought, wisht, pent, spelt and 74 more...
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no little thing
it bothers me when i hear someone who have experienced something life changing use the phrase: now i appreciate the little things. I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY LITTLE THINGS. everything is EXTRAOR...
letters, living, understand, narrow, behavior, personal, need, meant, untamed, world, soldier, 'cause and 241 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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zzyyxx's Words
plethora, drout, functional, rye, wring, doubt, cognative, weird, gnaw, surcease, rend, languish and 438 more...
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The Last Werewolf
This novel by Glen Duncan, aside from being a ripping yarn and beautifully written, is just littered with words that I had to look up and discover that often his use of the word not only fitted per...
gurns, bok, chimney breast, dichotomy, Platonic form, filthy, Platonic Form, mathematics, BAM, skirls, clarity, blundering and 298 more...
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Sportie: Cricket
Wordieworthy jargon from the impenetrable world of cricket.
wicket, on, off, pitch, howzat, stumps, bail, willow, inswinger, outswinger, seamer, duck and 132 more...
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fitting words
a list of words from the indo european root ar- and variations : to fit together
ambry, rede, coarctate, anarthrous, artiodactyl, exordium, harmony, army, armoire, arm, armada, armadillo and 349 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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March23.MC.
woven, wool, donned, leisurely, caught, flew, fitted, headed, plunging, seamed, vintage
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Homonyms
Homophones and homographs
wait, weight, rheumy, roomy, caulk, cock, wattle, waddle, flare, flair, heard, herd and 84 more...
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Silent "GH"
doughnut, taught, ought, haughty, caught, naughty, fraught, slaughter, daughter, twilight, tight, nigh and 16 more...
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Louises Suddenly I caught Jake's scent. My legs nearly buckled. From "The Last Werewolf" by Glen Duncan.
Mar 28, 2012
pterodactyl Also see here for a map of the cot/caught merger in the US. Apr 10, 2008
pterodactyl This word, as contrasted with cot, is somewhat famous among linguists. See here for the story. Apr 10, 2008
bilby Cricket jargon - one of the ways in which a batsman can be given out. It occurs when a ball is hit by the batsman and then, before bouncing, is fairly caught by a member of the opposing team within the field of play. Dec 3, 2007