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catchcries

catchcries is the plural 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

Questions about catchcries

What is catchcries the plural of?
Catchcries is the plural of catchcry.

Words near catchcries in the dictionary

  1. catchball
  2. catchbasin
  3. catchbasins
  4. catchbreath
  5. catchbreaths
  6. catchcries
  7. catchcry
  8. catchdrain
  9. catchdrains
  10. catched
  11. catchedst

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