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What is the adjective for catching?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb catch which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

catchy
  1. Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
  2. (dated, chiefly figuratively) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
  3. (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. appealing, captivating, popular, snappy, attractive, memorable, unforgettable, addictive, beguiling, fetching, likeable, likable, with instant appeal, melodic, melodious, tuneful, singable, haunting, having a good hook, euphonious, harmonious, mellifluous, musical, symphonious, symphonic, mellifluent, lyrical, dulcet, harmonic, harmonizing, euphonic, mellow, canorous, rhythmical, harmonising, sweet-sounding, easy on the ear, lyric, chantlike, ariose, singsong, singing, chant-like, eurythmic, sing-song, song-like, eurhythmic, sweet, lilting, songful … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “That seems to me to be a catchy proposition that was put up in order to attract the attention of the commission.”
      “Most successful jingles are catchy and memorable.”
      “In this day and age of sound bites, a catchy slogan is a business necessity.”
catching
  1. (informal) contagious
  2. captivating; alluring
  3. Synonyms:
      4. contagious, communicable, infectious, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, infective, pestilent, transferable, pestilential, pestiferous, epidemic, pandemic, epizootic, endemic, taking, dangerous, miasmatic, easily spread, virulent, spreadable, conveyable, catchable, mephitic, pernicious, malignant, deadly, poisonous, contaminating, communicative, vitiating, catchy, uncontrollable, highly contagious, highly infectious, rapidly spreading, highly infective, inoculable, transmissive, impartible, growing, permeating, festering, venomous, toxic, harmful, hazardous, noxious, injurious, deleterious … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Hepatitis A is a catching contagious liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus.”
caught
  1. (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confined, incarcerated, imprisoned, captive, interned, gaoled, jailed, captured, apprehended, arrested, seized, entangled, under arrest, behind bars, detained, locked up, in jail, immured, in prison, in custody, under lock and key, restrained, caged, bound, held, in chains, put away, punished, netted, enmeshed, in the slammer, serving time, inside, trapped, iced, constricted, enclosed, away, interred, in irons, shut in, doing bird, doing time, doing porridge, held prisoner, sent down, clapped in irons, detained at Her Majesty's pleasure, banged up, held captive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “One such punishment was to keep the caught prisoner in a metal chamber for up to half an hour.”
catchable
  1. That can be caught.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. infectious, contagious, communicable, catching, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, infective, pestilent, transferable, pestilential, pandemic, epidemic, epizootic, virulent, spreadable, contaminating, conveyable, mephitic, vitiating, catchy, pestiferous, communicative, taking, endemic, pernicious, uncontrollable, malignant, highly contagious, highly infectious, highly infective, rapidly spreading, dangerous, miasmatic, easily spread, poisonous, deadly, growing, transmissive, inoculable, impartible, permeating, festering … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Fish become catchable after around four years and a large specimen may be ten years old.”
      “Of 99 passes charted against the Giants, Bears and Vikings, 85 were accurate, catchable throws.”
      “He didn't appear to have much zip or intensity and dropped some catchable balls.”
catchier
  1. comparative form of catchy: more catchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. snappier, more appealing, more captivating, more popular, more attractive, more memorable, more unforgettable, more addictive, more beguiling, more fetching, more likeable, more likable, more melodic, more melodious, more tuneful, more singable, more haunting, more euphonious, more harmonious, more mellifluous, more musical, more symphonious, more symphonic, more mellifluent, more lyrical, more harmonic, more euphonic, mellower, more canorous, more rhythmical, more lyric, more chantlike, more ariose, more singing, more eurythmic, more eurhythmic, more sing-song, sweeter, more songful, smoother, more consonant, more resonant, pleasanter, more agreeable, more sonorous, more pleasing, more foot-tapping, silverier, more honeyed, softer … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “They're edgier than the Strokes, flirtier than Gang of Four, and catchier than a Yankees glove smeared with pine tar.”
      “Here we are two years later: new songs, straightforward lyrics with melodies that are catchier than ever.”
      “Tom Perkins, a prominent venture-capitalist, called the task-force a death panel, admittedly catchier than its real name.”
catchiest
  1. superlative form of catchy: most catchy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. snappiest, most appealing, most captivating, most popular, most attractive, most memorable, most unforgettable, most addictive, most beguiling, most fetching, most likeable, most likable, most melodic, most melodious, most tuneful, most singable, most haunting, most euphonious, most harmonious, most mellifluous, most musical, most symphonious, most symphonic, most mellifluent, most lyrical, most harmonic, most euphonic, mellowest, most canorous, most rhythmical, most lyric, most chantlike, most ariose, most eurythmic, most singing, most sing-song, most eurhythmic, sweetest, most songful, smoothest, most consonant, most resonant, pleasantest, most agreeable, most sonorous, most pleasing, most foot-tapping, silveriest, most honeyed, softest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Oddly enough, the album finds a reinvigorated Bolan crafting some of his best hooks and calibrating his catchiest grooves in years.”
      “It's this summer's easy-breezy punk disc to crank on the drive home and the band's catchiest release since their debut.”
      “It may not be the catchiest name, but this 30,000 hectare mountain landscape is truly memorable.”
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