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caught

/kɔːt/

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British/koːt/

caught adjective: of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. Also the simple past and past participle of catch.

Adjective

caught (not comparable)

  1. Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Also used as

caught is also the simple past and past participle of catch.

caught meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

caught in Hindi

पकड़ा गया

caught in Marathi

पकडले

caught in Telugu

పట్టుబడ్డాడు, పట్టుకున్నారు

caught in Malayalam

പിടിക്കപ്പെട്ടു, പിടിച്ചെടുത്തു
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caught in Punjabi
ਫਡ਼ਿਆ ਗਿਆ, ਫਡ਼ਿਆ
caught in Gujarati
પકડાય છે
caught in Odia
ଧରାପଡ଼ିଛି, ଧରାପଡ଼ିଲେ
caught in Nepali
समातिएको

Examples of caught in a sentence

  • Johnny's not doing so well today, I think he caught the epizootic.
  • They caught him with a stolen horse, and he wound up in the pen again.
  • The students were caught egging the principal’s car as a prank.

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Synonyms of caught

Words formed from caught

Phrases with caught

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Words that rhyme with caught

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Questions about caught

What does caught mean?
Caught means of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
What is caught in Hindi?
Caught in Hindi is पकड़ा गया. See Caught meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is caught?
Caught is an adjective.
How do you pronounce caught?
Caught is pronounced /kɔːt/ (UK).

Words near caught in the dictionary

  1. Caughman
  2. Caughmans
  3. Caughnawaga
  4. Caughron
  5. Caughrons
  6. caught
  7. caught a body
  8. caught a break
  9. caught a case
  10. caught a cold
  11. caught a crab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caught (page history and authors); caught (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); caught (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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