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CATCHY (catchier, catchiest)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: catchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, catchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does catchy mean? 

CATCHY (adjective)
  The adjective CATCHY has 2 senses:

1. having concealed difficultyplay

2. likely to attract attentionplay

  Familiarity information: CATCHY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CATCHY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: catchier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: catchiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having concealed difficulty

Synonyms:

catchy; tricky

Context example:

a tricky recipe to follow

Similar:

difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)

Derivation:

catch (a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Likely to attract attention

Synonyms:

attention-getting; catchy

Context example:

a catchy title for a movie

Similar:

appealing (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention)


 Context examples 


I could not help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a symptom of some nervous malady.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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