Definitions for Catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋcatch·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catchingnoun

   (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spottingnoun

   the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

3. catching, contractingadjective

   becoming infected

   "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

4. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective

   (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catchingnoun

   The action of the verb catch.

2. catchingadjective

   contagious

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catching

   of Catch

2. Catchingadjective

   infectious; contagious

3. Catchingadjective

   captivating; alluring

4. Catchingnoun

   the act of seizing or taking hold of

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CATCHING

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Catching is ranked #50362 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Catching surname appeared 415 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Catching.
   
   49.4% or 205 total occurrences were Black.
   46.2% or 192 total occurrences were White.
   2.4% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball
   • Discovery
   • Playing

How to pronounce Catching?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Catching in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Catching in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Catching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Catching in a Sentence

1. Brian Weeden:

   Pretty much everything theyre doing are things the U.S. already has done in the past, china is still catching up.

2. Big Lots:

   We still have a lot of catching up to do in our digital business.

3. Officer Edwards:

   I can just remember my breath catching in my throat because what I saw was just a war scene. It was something like I had seen out of the movies, i couldn't believe my eyes : There were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up. I saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people's blood. I was catching people as they fell. It was carnage. It was chaos. I can't even describe what I saw. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer, I would find myself in the middle of a battle.

4. Henry James:

   Experience is never limited, and it is never complete it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every airborne particle in its tissue.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   We've seen women in our armed forces prove their heroism and abilities, now our official policy is catching up and women who are qualified for these positions should be able to compete and win them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Catching
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catching
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Catching
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html