(n) becoming infected, Syn. contracting, Example:catching cold is sometimes unavoidable; the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic

catching

(adj) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection, Syn. contagious, transmissible, communicable, contractable, transmittable

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Catching

a. 1. Infectious; contagious. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Captivating; alluring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Catching

n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

得る(P);獲る

[える, eru] (v1, vt) (1) (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (suf, v1, vt) (2) (得る only) (See 得ない, 得る・うる) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to ..., can ...; (P) #1560

罠(P);羂

[わな, wana] (n) (1) snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); (2) trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.); (P) #7689

追及

[ついきゅう, tsuikyuu] (n, vs) (1) investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; hounding; pinning down; (2) catching up; overtaking; (P) #13437

坊主(P);房主(oK)

[ぼうず, bouzu] (n) (1) Buddhist priest; bonze; (2) close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head; (3) (fam) (derog) boy; sonny; lad; (4) (See お凸・おでこ・3) not catching anything (in fishing); (P) #14339

えんがちょ切った

[えんがちょきった, engachokitta] (exp) (chn) (See えんがちょ・1) phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child

お凸(P);御凸

[おでこ, odeko] (n) (1) (uk) (sens) (See 凸・でこ) brow; forehead; (2) (uk) prominent forehead; beetle brow; (3) (uk) (col) not catching anything (in fishing); (P)

一足違い

[ひとあしちがい, hitoashichigai] (n) barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)

一網打尽

[いちもうだじん, ichimoudajin] (exp, n) (a) big haul; roundup; wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

引火

[いんか, inka] (n, vs) catching fire

歌舞伎者;傾奇者;かぶき者

[かぶきもの, kabukimono] (n) dandy; peacock; early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior

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