catching
noun
- come upon, find
- the act of trapping
adjective
- get
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkæt͡ʃɪŋ/ / /ˈkɛt͡ʃɪŋ/
adj
- Infectious, contagious.
“Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching!”
- Captivating; alluring; catchy.
“Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.”
noun
- The action of the verb catch.
“Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…]”
verb
- present participle and gerund of catch