Caught

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɔːt/

  Rhymes: -ɔːt

• (US) IPA: /kɔt/
• (cot–caught merger) /kɑt/

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Adverb

Caught (not comparable)

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

Verb

caught

1. Simple past tense and past participle of catch.

Derived terms

• caught in the act
• caught red-handed
• caught with one's hand in the cookie jar

Thesaurus

aground, anchored, arrested, chained, charmed, enchanted, enthralled, fascinated, fast, fastened, fixed, gripped, grounded, held, high and dry, hypnotized, impacted, inextricable, jammed, mesmerized, moored, packed, rapt, spellbound, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, tethered, tied, transfixed, wedged

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: struck · man's · write · #651: caught · below · window · instead