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TO CATCH IT

Definition: TO CATCH IT

TO CATCH IT

1. To get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: TO CATCH IT

English words defined with "TO CATCH IT": Birdcatcher ♦ catch up with, click ♦ detent, dog ♦ firetrap, fishing season ♦ knock on ♦ make up ♦ pawl ♦ Ringtoss. (references)

Specialty definitions using "TO CATCH IT": Agecroft device, amateur packet radio, Angling ♦ bar rack, BLANKET-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ COMPACT ASSEMBLER ♦ Devil catch the Hindmost, die ♦ firewall code ♦ Give it Him, Glasse, go-through machine ♦ Hook, Hooks, HOOKER-LASTER, Horse ♦ lantern net, livelock ♦ MACHINE-MADE-SHOE UNIT WORKER, Moon-drop, Motorola 6809 ♦ power-nut-runner operator, POWER-SCREWDRIVER OPERATOR, PRIMER BOXER ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, root hook ♦ Salt on His Tail, sand holder, STRAP-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ Trout ♦ Uar. (references)

Modern Usage: TO CATCH IT

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Looking to catch it for a minute (In My Pocket; performing artist: Mandy Moore)
Clever	Cheerfulness is contagious, but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: TO CATCH IT

Domain	Title
Books	Old Age Is Contagious: But You Don't Have to Catch It (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: TO CATCH IT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-h-i-o-t-t-t"
	-2 letters: chaotic.
	-3 letters: tactic, tictac, tictoc.
	-4 letters: aitch, attic, cacti, catch, chiao, chico, chott, coach, coact, coati, cotta, tacit.
	-5 letters: chao, chat, chia, chic, chit, ciao, coat, coca, iota, itch, oath, ohia, otic, tach, taco, tact, that, thio, toit.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-h-i-o-t-t-t"
	+2 letters: phototactic.
	+3 letters: thermotactic.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: TO CATCH IT

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F 43 41 54 43 48 49 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000 00100000 01001001 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#67 &#65 &#84 &#67 &#72 &#32 &#73 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F 0043 0041 0054 0043 0048 0049 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492373554374224354

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography

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