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flycatch

flycatch verb: to catch (another creature) while in flight.

Verb

flycatch (third-person singular simple present flycatches, present participle flycatching, simple past and past participle flycaught)

  1. (ambitransitive) To catch (another creature) while in flight.

Forms of flycatch

third-person singular presentflycatches
present participleflycatching
past participleflycaught
pastflycaught

Origin of flycatch

From fly + catch.

Questions about flycatch

What does flycatch mean?
Flycatch means to catch (another creature) while in flight.
What part of speech is flycatch?
Flycatch is a verb.
What is the past tense of flycatch?
The past tense of flycatch is flycaught.

Words near flycatch in the dictionary

  1. flybrush
  2. flybrushes
  3. flyby
  4. flyby anomaly
  5. flybys
  6. flycatch
  7. flycatcher
  8. flycatcher-shrike
  9. flycatcher-shrikes
  10. flycatchers
  11. flycatches

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