n
(informal) A hold, grip, grasp.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To take by craft or trickery; beguile; cheat; belirt; deceive.
v
(transitive) To catch in a trap; entrap; ensnare; enclose.
n
Any person, animal, or thing, captured unintentionally on camera or film.
n
One who catches or has caught or captured something or someone.
v
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
n
(countable) Something which is captured or caught.
v
(slang, figuratively, by extension, informal) To be overcome by or enthused about anything; used with of.
v
(idiomatic) To contract a cold.
v
(military, slang, idiomatic) To be fired upon.
v
(archaic, colloquial, figuratively) To discover someone who cannot be controlled or disposed of more generally.
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To derive benefit from a fortunate opportunity; to experience a sudden increase in energy or luck.
n
(law) The practice of a patent holding company buying a patent, offering a license to its members, and then selling or donating the patent after a certain period.
v
(idiomatic) To use any available means or methods.
v
Alternative form of catch a cold [(idiomatic) To contract a cold.]
v
(US, slang, idiomatic) To take a punch; to get hit, especially with the hand or fist.
v
Alternative form of catch in 4K [(slang, hyperbolic) To catch someone doing something objectionable with exceptionally clear evidence, such as a high-resolution image or a public social media post.]
v
(idiomatic) To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
n
(idiomatic) A person who is a popular or desirable choice to be a partner in a prospective marital or romantic relationship.
v
(intransitive, New England, dated, of food) To become stuck to the cooking vessel; to brown or burn slightly.
n
Alternative spelling of catchphrase [A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.]
v
(transitive) To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.
v
(metaphoric) To adjust to advances in circumstances or criteria; catch up.
v
(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of catch, representing Chinese, African, or similarly marked pronunciation. [(transitive) To capture or snare (someone or something which would rather escape).]
n
(informal) Someone who catches up
adj
(informal) In a situation of change, especially from a known to an unknown state.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To trick, cheat.
v
Obsolete spelling of caught
v
(transitive, intransitive) To catch (another creature) while in flight.
v
(transitive) To pick up or grab.
adj
Alternative form of hoist by one's own petard [(idiomatic) Hurt or destroyed by one's own plot or device intended for another; "blown up by one's own bomb".]
v
(usually in passive) To make addicted; to captivate.
v
(idiomatic) To postpone a decision or action; to procrastinate.
v
(transitive) To catch; lay hold of.
n
(fishing) A catch in which the wrong type of fish is caught, and so must be released.
v
(transitive) To catch more or better than.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To overtake.
v
(slang, chiefly imperative) To go away; get lost; scram.
v
Alternative form of turn in one's grave [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, in, one's, grave.]
adj
(archaic) Seized or caught up.
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