Definitions for catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋcatch·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. catchingnoun

   The action of the verb catch.

2. catchingadjective

   contagious

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Catching

   of Catch

2. Catchingadjective

   infectious; contagious

3. Catchingadjective

   captivating; alluring

4. Catchingnoun

   the act of seizing or taking hold of

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. Rachel Lindsay:

   He wasn’t defending Rachael, he repeated over and over during the 15-minute segment in which he essentially did just that. If I had gone to that party, I asked him, what wouldIrepresent? He told me that 50 million people had attended a party like this, i maintained that attending such a party was not a good look, to which he responded, ‘Is it not a good look in 2018, or is it not a good look in 2021?’ As if things couldn’t have been considered racist in 2018. He called for sympathy for ‘this poor girl, Rachael.’ He said all this with a passion I had never seen him assert. And neither, I think, had America. We had only seen Chris Harrison perform as a host; this was like catching him with a hot mic.

2. Volvo Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson:

   The emissions requirements are getting tougher everywhere. China is catching up very rapidly. The days when China had outdated technology are gone.

3. Tanya Altmann:

   Any time you go outside and get near anybody else, it does increase your risk of catching or transmitting.

4. Lewis Hamilton:

   I don't think Formula One moves me up a gear, I'm already in a pretty good gear, last year obviously I was catching up( after the blank in Australia) and then here I didn't qualify on pole but did get the win.

5. Mr Garbutt:

   It took about an hour for the snake catcher to coax it out. The snake was trying to bite the snake hook. The guy ended up catching it with his hand and just chucked it in a bag.

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