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catch cry

catch cry is the alternative form of catchcry.

Meaning of catchcry

Noun

catchcry (plural catchcries)

  1. A slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.
    • Monotonous, frequently quite incomprehensible to the dark mass, these catchcries filled the columns of all the papers born as the offspring of the Pravda and German gold; they acted like a curse, rousing, infuriating, confusing the more sincere and the more honest.1918, Arkady Joseph Sack, The Birth of the Russian Democracy, page 528

Forms of catch cry

pluralcatch cries

Questions about catch cry

What is catch cry the alternative form of?
Catch cry is the alternative form of catchcry.

Words near catch cry in the dictionary

  1. catch colt
  2. catch colts
  3. catch cries
  4. catch crop
  5. catch crops
  6. catch cry
  7. catch dust
  8. catch feelings
  9. catch fence
  10. catch fences
  11. catch fire

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