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CATCHPHRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catchphrase mean? 

CATCHPHRASE (noun)
  The noun CATCHPHRASE has 1 sense:

1. a phrase that has become a catchwordplay

  Familiarity information: CATCHPHRASE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATCHPHRASE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A phrase that has become a catchword

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catch phrase; catchphrase

Hypernyms ("catchphrase" is a kind of...):

phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)

catchword; motto; shibboleth; slogan (a favorite saying of a sect or political group)


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