Catching is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for CATCHING in dictionary:

VERB:
• intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped)
• intercept the fall of (someone)
• seize or take hold of
• grasp or try to grasp
• dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground
• capture (a person or animal that tries or would try to escape)
• succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of one.
• unexpectedly find oneself in (an unwelcome situation)
• surprise (someone) in an incriminating situation or in the act of doing something wrong
• come upon (someone) unexpectedly
• (of an object) accidentally become entangled or trapped in something
• fix or fasten in place
• reach in time and board (a train, bus, or aircraft)
• reach or be in a place in time to see (a person, performance, programme, etc.)
• attend or watch (a performance)
• perceive fleetingly
• hear or understand (something said), especially with effort
• succeed in evoking or representing
• strike (someone) on a part of the body
• contract (an illness) through infection or contagion
• become ignited and start burning
• (of an engine) fire and start running
• have (a part of one's body or clothing) become entangled or trapped in something
• engage (a person's interest or imagination)
• accidentally strike (a part of one's body) against something
NOUN:
• the act of catching
• an act of catching something, typically a ball.
• a chance or act of catching the ball to dismiss a batsman
• an amount of fish caught
• a person considered desirable as a partner or spouse
• a game in which a ball is thrown back and forth between two or more players.
• a device for securing something such as a door, window, or box
• a hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation
• a round, typically one with words arranged to produce a humorous effect.
• The act of seizing or taking hold of.
• (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
• the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
• becoming infected
• an unevenness in a person's voice caused by emotion
ADJECTIVE:
• Infectious; contagious.
• Captivating; alluring.
• (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to capture after pursuit

Words related to CATCHING

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How to use CATCHING in a sentence

• They flew just like the rest, and Smirre made high springs for them all, but he did not succeed in catching any one of them.
• When it sounded he shot forward and across the ring, catching Ponta in the midst of his seconds as he rose from his stool.
• He bent over him, and catching him by the back of the neck, jerked him to his knees.
• He directs Bhima, therefore, to throw him down, place a foot on one of his thighs and catching the other leg with his hand, tear him asunder.
• The yard was shaded in places by pretty green trees, the house had a pretty balcony, and under the eaves stood green-painted tubs for catching rain-water.
• Catching sight of his father with Eva, Paul paused a moment.
• Moreover, a torpedo boat thus stopped would, by catching the rope, draw the guard-boat on either side of her, or right on top of her.
• The buildings stood unharmed, and the new crew passed a winter here, most of their time being spent in catching and drying the delicious salmon which thronged river and lake.
• He is a man of singular address In catching river fish.
• When at last he set her free she swayed unsteadily, catching at the table for support.
• A ball is thrown up, and each side tries to prevent the other catching it.
• After catching the attention of the reader, we must not burden his mind too much till he gets interested.
• Gradually toss the ball a little higher and a little higher until you have difficulty in catching it.
• He took Apollo on a little farther, and then stopped as near the burning motor as he dared, so that there might be no danger of our catching fire.
• The advantage always lies in catching the other fellow off his guard.
• Prescott was proving the possession of sufficient cleverness to keep me off the monument trail, just as he foiled my catching Mr.
• Moreover, the wall acted as a sort of sounding board, catching up every odd noise from the storm-beaten plain beyond.
• Henry lay in bed, catching at flitting consciousness, but missing it.
• Once again catching sight of her reflection in the mirror she stopped before it, and crossing her hands on her heaving breast, she regarded herself with scorn.
• Suddenly he felt a strange catching of breath in his lungs.
• She, too, stood up, catching at the table with a hiss of pain as she threw her weight on the bruised foot.
• They take great care in catching him, for they are very much afraid of him, thinking that his sharp spines are poisoned, and can inflict a deadly wound.
• I talked now without the catching in my breath, due to the intensity of my excitement, that had troubled me at first.
• While we have been occupied in catching him, his two sons, Ali and Nari, transformed into wolves by their evil passions, have fought with and destroyed each other.

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