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

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catching

   Catching is the act of receiving, gaining possession or intercepting something that has been thrown, propelled or dropped. It typically involves using one's hands, a piece of equipment or part of the body to successfully halt the movement of the object without dropping or losing control of it. This term is commonly used in various sports and games.

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. Kit Martin:

   It's startling, it's scary to think this happened so long ago, and they're just now getting around to catching the guy.

2. Kelly Dittmar:

   U.S. legislative institutions - built by and for men - are still catching up to the reality that legislators today are also primary caregivers.

3. Rachel Balkovec:

   It's just a little bit of everything right now, kind of catching up on the defensive end of things and still spending some time in the cages with hitting and still keeping my foot there. So it's really all over the map right now.

4. Inga Saffron:

   The difference being they were catching the sturgeon as they were migrating to spawn, not only did they kill the fish, they killed future generations of fish.

5. Brian Cox:

   I was not really a swearer until I played this role and now I swear all the time, it's catching, it's infectious.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catching
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html