If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
[informal]
There are those who think eczema is catching.
Synonyms: infectious, contagious, transferable, communicable More Synonyms of catching
2. graded adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If a feeling or emotion is catching, it has a strong influence on other people and spreads quickly, for example through a crowd.
Enthusiasm is very catching.
catching in British English
(ˈkætʃɪŋ)
adjective
1.
infectious
2.
attractive; captivating
catching in American English
(ˈkɛtʃɪŋ)
adjective
1.
contagious; infectious
2.
attractive
Examples of 'catching' in a sentence
catching
Pity the police aren't as good at catching villains as they are at gossiping.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2001)
She came home demanding to know why we hadn't got an inch closer to catching this madman.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)
All the better, I thought; in his arrogance he believes me incapable of catching him off-guard.
Elizabeth Peters HE SHALL THUNDER IN THE SKY (2001)
In other languages
catching
British English: catching /ˈkætʃɪŋ/ ADJECTIVE
If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
There are those who think eczema is catching.
American English: catching
Arabic: مُعِدٍ
Brazilian Portuguese: contagioso
Chinese: 传染性的
Croatian: zarazan
Czech: nakažlivý
Danish: smittende
Dutch: besmettelijk
European Spanish: contagioso
Finnish: tarttuva
French: contagieux
German: ansteckend
Greek: μεταδοτικός
Italian: contagioso
Japanese: 伝染性の
Korean: 전염성의
Norwegian: smittende
Polish: zaraźliwy
European Portuguese: contagioso
Romanian: contagios
Russian: заразный
Latin American Spanish: pegajoso
Swedish: smittsam
Thai: ที่ติดต่อได้ง่าย
Turkish: bulaşıcı
Ukrainian: заразний
Vietnamese: truyền nhiễm
All related terms of 'catching'
catch
If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap , net , or other device.
kep
to catch
kepping
to catch
keppit
to catch
catching pen
a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
eye-catching
Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable .
rat-catching
the job of destroying or driving away vermin , esp rats
vote-catching
relating to a means of securing votes
bird-catching tree
a small New Zealand tree, Pisonia brunoniana , with sticky fruit and leaves which can trap small birds
catch on
If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening .
catch up
If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
catch out
To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
catch up with
When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong , they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them.
bird-catcher tree
a small New Zealand tree, Pisonia brunoniana , with sticky fruit and leaves which can trap small birds
parapara
a small New Zealand tree, Pisonia brunoniana , with sticky fruit and leaves which can trap small birds