Catchcry
noun (pl) -cries
(Austral) a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
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- Catcher
a person or thing that catches. Baseball. the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter. a member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the […]
- Catcher's box
box1 (def 16d).
- Catcher-in-the-rye
a novel (1951) by J. D. Salinger.
- Catcher-resonator
See under Klystron. a brand name for a vacuum tube containing an electron gun, a resonator that changes the velocity of the electron beam in accordance with a signal (buncher resonator) a drift tube in which the electron velocity does not change, another resonator that abstracts energy from the electron beam (catcher resonator) and an […]
- Catchfly
any of various plants, especially of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught. Historical Examples They are found on many plants, such as Salvia glutinosa, Plumbago, and catchfly. The Romance of Plant Life G. F. Scott Elliot A catchfly which is […]