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-v. 2. let fly, send; launch, propel, hurl, fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cast, shoot; sling, dash, throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch, cataract, n. 1. cascade, waterfall, falls, sault; rapids, race.
2. niagara, debacle, avalanche, torrent, downpour; deluge, alluvion, inundation, washout, flood, catastrophe, n. 1. disaster, calamity, tragedy; blow, nasty or heavy or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad or ill luck or fortune, shock; mishap, mischance, misfortune, miscarriage, misadventure, Scot. and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter; accident, casualty, glitch; wreck, shipwreck, crash, car crash, collision, smash-up, crack-up, pile-up.
2. (all usu. of an unfortunate nature) end, finish, conclusion, terminus, termination, Sl. pay off; climax, consummation, culmination; end or final result, final event, last act, bitter end, finis, finale, curtain, final curtain, Sl. curtains.
3. failure, fiasco, Inf. flop, Inf. fizzle, Inf. dud, Inf. washout, Sl. bomb, Sl. turkey.
4. (all in drama) denouement, resolution, final solution; catastasis; epitasis; protasis.
5. cataclysm, convulsion, spasm, upheaval, eruption, avalanche, sudden violent change or disturbance; debacle, collapse, downfall, breakdown, breakup; ruin, ruination, desolation. catcall, n. 1. hoot, whistle, shout, cry, howl; gibe, jeer, hiss, boo, raspberry, U.S. Bronx cheer, Sl. the bird.
2. whistle, rattle, noisemaker, ticktock, clacker, clapper, catcaller. catch, v. 1. grasp, snatch, grab, claw, pluck; grip, clutch, clench, hold, Basketball, palm; receive, acquire, come into possession of.
2. seize, capture, take captive, apprehend, stop, arrest, take into custody, Inf. nab, Sl. cop; entrap, trap, ensnare, snare, entangle, trip up; corner, corral, lasso, rope, noose, bag, net, hook, pull in.
3. reach, get to, get in touch with, contact; intercept, cut off at the pass, overtake, catch up with.
4. understand, comprehend, fathom, savvy, Inf. gei through one's head, Inf. figure out, Inf. catch on, Inf. get it, Inf. get a fix on, Sl. latch onto, Sl. get the drift of, Sl. get the hang of, Brit, lay hold of; perceive, discern, make out, Inf. make heads or tails of, Brit. twig; espy, see, see through, see the light, picture, read, recognize.
5. contract, get, break out with, Inf. come down with; be sick or ill with, become infected with, suffer from.
6. surprise, startle, take off guard, walk in on; detect, discover, find, come upon or across, Inf. spot. -n. 7. hook, clasp, clip, snap, hook and eye, buckle, button, fastener, fastening, pin; chain, link; latch, lock, bolt, hasp; click, clincher, pawl, holdfast, Mach. detent, Mach. dog.
8. take, pickings, Inf. haul, Hunting, bag; gain, winnings, prize, trophy; loot, booty, spoil, pillage, plunder, Sl. swag.
9. trick, snare, trap, springe; catch-22, Sl. hooker,

Inf. small or fine point. catching, adj. 1. contagious, communicable, trans-mittable, transmissible, transferable, inoculable, infectious, spreadable, Obs. taking; epidemic, epidemical, miasmal, miasmatic, miasmatical, miasmic, pestilential. 2. fascinating, intriguing, interesting, charming, enchanting, entrancing, bewitching, hypnotizing, mesmerizing; captivating, winning, catchy; appealing, alluring, enticing, fetching, inviting, magnetic; appetizing, tantalizing, seductive, catchword, n. slogan, refrain, motto, saying, byword, catch phrase, buzz word, battle cry, red flag, trigger word; signal, cue, cue word; watch word, password, formula, shibboleth, pet phrase, cliche; tag, epithet, name.