| Noun | 1. | catching - (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball teamplaying - the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | |
| 2. | catching - the act of detecting something; catching sight of something | |
| 3. | catching - becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"acquiring, getting - the act of acquiring something; "I envied his talent for acquiring"; "he's much more interested in the getting than in the giving" | |
| Adj. | 1. | catching - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectioninfectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedlingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell | |