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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Words that contain CATCHING

catchings17 recatching18 upcatching20 outcatching19 overcatching23

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.

Similar words containing CATCH without suffix ing

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