catchup

Noun

ketchup (countable and uncountable, plural ketchups)

1. (archaic, countable) Such a sauce more generally (not necessarily based on tomatoes, but with mushrooms, fish, etc.). This is the older meaning.
   • The bottles, however, were port bottles, but contained mushroom ketchup; […]1883, Cassell's Dictionary of Cookery, page lxxxiii

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Noun

catch-up (countable and uncountable, plural catch-ups)

1. An act of catching up or attempting to catch up.
   • Rapid expansion of Britain's transport network during the 'railway mania' of the 19th century meant that the testing of engineering principles often played catch-up to the ambitions of progress.2021 March 24, Dr. Joseph Brennan, “Metallic marvels from rail's Iron Age”, in RAIL, number 927, page 57
2. An amount, a thing, or a receipt or repetition of information that enables one to catch up.
   • Catch-up is also available on the TV set using Digitial^([sic]) TV Services: BT Vision offers BBC, ITV, 40D and Demand 5 via the TV Replay service.2006, James Watson, Anne Hill, Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies, page 303