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: infectious, contagious
the flu is catching
his spirit is catching
Examples of catching in a Sentence
“I have a cold.” “Is it catching?”
a cold is often catching before the symptoms even begin
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Scott Wedgewood survived much of his lone year in the ECHL without any backup in net and without any backup for his catching hand.
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Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Dec. 2025
Whole families cooperated together, with different generations contributing to one or other aspect of the fishing industry — catching, cleaning and canning, marketing and sales, as well as boat and net maintenance.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2025
Schwarber hit 56 home runs this year, so the Phillies are almost guaranteed to exhaust their options for a new deal with him, and without Realmuto, their catching depth chart would be exceptionally iffy.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
The Twins have employed a catching split for the past three seasons between Ryan Jeffers and Christian Vázquez.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Catching.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catching. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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