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catchings

catchings is the plural of catching.

Meaning of catching

Noun

catching (countable and uncountable, plural catchings)

  1. The action of the verb catch.
    • Though catchings of the breath and occasional syncope appear in the more early stages, yet they only become considerable and dangerous in the later[…]1819, Bartholomew Parr, The London Medical Dictionary

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Questions about catchings

What is catchings the plural of?
Catchings is the plural of catching.

Words near catchings in the dictionary

  1. catching up
  2. catching wreck
  3. catching Z's
  4. catchingly
  5. catchingness
  6. catchings
  7. catchlight
  8. catchlights
  9. catchline
  10. catchlines
  11. catchmark

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