CATCH

Definitions

1. 1. Act of seizing; a grasp. Sir P. Sidney.
2. 2. That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
3. 3. The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch. [Archaic] Addison. The common and the canon law . . . lie at catch, and wait advantages one againt another. T. Fuller.
4. 4. That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish. Hector shall have a great catch if he knock out either of your brains. Shak.
5. 5. Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. [Colloq.] Marryat.
6. 6. Passing opportunities seized; snatches. It has been writ by catches with many intervals. Locke.
7. 7. A slight remembrance; a trace. We retain a catch of those pretty stories. Glanvill.
8. 8. A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.