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catchcry

catchcry noun: a slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.

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 catchcry

pluralcatchcries

Origin of catchcry

From catch + cry.

Questions about catchcry

What does catchcry mean?
Catchcry means a slogan, particularly one intended for mass repetition.
What part of speech is catchcry?
Catchcry is a noun.
What is the plural of catchcry?
The plural of catchcry is catchcries.

Words near catchcry in the dictionary

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

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