catching — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Infectious, contagious.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   a pessimism that seemed to be catching

   Ah, who is this? You did not hear me, my young friend, did you? Why, you, too, look sad. My melancholy is not catching!

2. Captivating; alluring; catchy.

   Examples

   Bomb guy looked her up and down, not because he was an attractive man and she was possibly a catching woman.

Noun

1. The action of the verb catch.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…]

Adjective

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

   Synonyms

   communicablecontagiouscontractabletransmissibletransmittable

Noun

1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team

   Broader terms

   playing

2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something

   Synonyms

   detectionespialspyingspotting

   Broader terms

   discoveryfinduncovering

3. becoming infected

   Synonyms

   contracting

   Broader terms

   acquiringgetting

   Examples

   catching cold is sometimes unavoidable

   the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic