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. Vladimir Guerrero:

   If it was up to me, I’d use the entire catching gear.

2. Park Sung-soon:

   LG's competitor Samsung recently cut prices for its TV products in a bid to get ahead as Chinese television makers have been rapidly catching up.

3. David Rose:

   When people get a catchphrase and you sense that it's catching on, you never want to hit it home and make the audience aware that you're aware that they're aware.

4. Greg Senters:

   It’s called fishing, it’s not called catching, so I told him we may not catch anything, but he said it doesn’t matter, he said just being out there doing this was just as good.

5. 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.

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