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catching feelings

catching feelings is the present participle and gerund of catch feelings.

Meaning of catch feelings

Verb

catch feelings (third-person singular simple present catches feelings, present participle catching feelings, simple past and past participle caught feelings)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive) To suddenly begin to feel romantic attraction (towards).
    • The deal was that if anyone started catching feelings, he could throw up a stop sign and the other would honor it.2007, Marissa Monteilh, Dr. Feelgood, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 27

Questions about catching feelings

What is catching feelings the present participle and gerund of?
Catching feelings is the present participle and gerund of catch feelings.

Words near catching feelings in the dictionary

  1. catching bargain
  2. catching bargains
  3. catching big air
  4. catching cold
  5. catching dust
  6. catching feelings
  7. catching fire
  8. catching flies
  9. catching hands
  10. catching heat
  11. catching hell

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