catch
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6.1
- noun
- /kæʧ/
- Informal
- After meeting him, I realized he was quite a catch for anyone looking for a serious relationship.
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- I work hard, I'm a good catch, so why not?
- As long as you feel like you are a catch, you are the catch.
- If someone self identifies as a catch, that's a red flag.
- I mean, he sounds like a catch with those requirements.
- If you were a catch, he wouldn't have left you and the kids.
- But no, deep down when I'm thinking about it clear, clearly I'm like, yeah, do you know what I am a catch.
- And it says sometimes the hardest part of being a great catch is accepting not everyone's hands are strong enough to hold you.
- You gotta realize, you gotta realize at the end of the day, you the catch, you the king, and I understand that put you first.
- Jimmy Fallon kinda all good catch.
Examples
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But he is such a catch.
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What that means is you're a wonderful catch for someone, but that someone isn't me.
Fiction book (1994) -
As long as you feel like you are a catch, you are the catch.
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I mean, he sounds like a catch with those requirements.
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Perhaps, in their eyes, it was the great man who would be the prize catch, not her.
Fiction book (1996) -
Luke is by far the best catch in Lee County.
Fiction book (1997) -
I work hard, I'm a good catch, so why not?
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- I'm known as the catch of the county.
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You're a catch for the right man.
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Yeah, he's a good catch.
Synonyms
5
6.7
A woman who is the perfect partner for a romantic relationship
Idioms
- Informal
5
8.2
To become very sick from being outside in the cold, often said as a warning
- Informal
2
9.7
To try to get people to agree by being harsh or unpleasant
- Informal
1
6.8
Notice someone being careless when they should be paying attention
- Offensive
1
9.9
To find a dead person, often during police work or as slang for killing someone
- Informal
To not pay attention and miss what is happening around you, for example because you are daydreaming
Give something small to get something much bigger later
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.0
A player signals and catches a punt without running and cannot be tackled
- Specialized
1
8.0
Animals and other sea life that are caught by accident while people fish for other species
- Jargon
1
8.6
A baseball play where an outfielder runs and grabs a ball very close to the ground
1
4.1
A 2002 American film by Steven Spielberg starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks
- Specialized
1
6.3
A small fenced area that holds animals like sheep or cattle for a short time
- Specialized
A quick sound made by briefly closing and opening the vocal cords before a vowel
How Desirable
- Informal
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Catch used as a noun for a desirable partner comes from the idea of a prize you can get, so calling someone a 'catch' means they are worth getting.