What does catching mean?

Definitions for catching
ˈkætʃ ɪŋcatch·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  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

  1. catchingnoun

    The action of the verb catch.

  2. catchingadjective

    contagious

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Records

  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.

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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. Chris Cabrera:

    We have a lot of agents quarantined right now, which adds to our problem, on top of agents who are sick with COVID, so we’re concerned about catching it ourselves, we’re concerned about our families and coworkers and it just seems everyone's turning a blind eye to it when we have a real situation down here.

  2. Liu Dong:

    Compared with other industry players, our international business started late. But we're catching up.

  3. Big Lots:

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

  4. Charlie Rose:

    CBS is catching up to the ‘Today Show’ because CBS made the daring gamble to be a little different, selecting an old-timer like Charlie Rose and doing long-format interviews aren’t what typically works in morning TV. But CBS has shown that not only is it OK to be different, it pays to be different if you want to distinguish yourself in a marketplace where most network news shows all look and sound alike.

  5. 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.

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