Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word catch. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in catch.
Definitions and meaning of catch
catch
Etymology
From Middle Englishcacchen, from Anglo-Normancachier, variant of Old French chacier, from Late Latincaptiāre, from Latincaptāre, frequentative of capere. Akin to Modern Frenchchasser (from Old Frenchchacier) and Spanishcazar, and thus a doublet of chase. Displaced Middle Englishfangen("to catch"; > Modern English fang(verb)), from Old Englishfōn(“to seize, take”); Middle Englishlacchen("to catch" and heavily displaced Modern English latch), from Old Englishlæċċan.
The verb became irregular, possibly under the influence of the semantically similar latch (from Old Englishlæċċan) whose past tense was lahte, lauhte, laught (Old Englishlæhte) until becoming regularised in Modern English.
Pronunciation
enPR: kăch, IPA(key): /kæt͡ʃ/
(US) enPR: kăch, kĕch, IPA(key): /kæt͡ʃ/, /kɛt͡ʃ/
Noah Webster's American Dictionary (1828) regards /kɛt͡ʃ/ as the "popular or common pronunciation." It is labeled "not infreq[uent]" in Kenyon & Knott (1949).
(Southern American English, obsolete) enPR: kŏch, IPA(key): /kɑt͡ʃ/(see cotch)
Rhymes: -ætʃ, -ɛtʃ
Noun
catch (countable and uncountable, pluralcatches)
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(countable) The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.
(countable) The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.
(uncountable) The game of catching a ball.
(countable) Something which is captured or caught.
(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.
(countable) A stopping mechanism, especially a clasp which stops something from opening.
(countable) A hesitation in voice, caused by strong emotion.
(countable, sometimes noun adjunct) A concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation.
(countable) A crick; a sudden muscle pain during unaccustomed positioning when the muscle is in use.
(countable) A fragment of music or poetry.
(obsolete) A state of readiness to capture or seize; an ambush.
(countable, agriculture) A crop which has germinated and begun to grow.
(obsolete) A type of strong boat, usually having two masts; a ketch.
(countable, music) A type of humorous round in which the voices gradually catch up with one another; usually sung by men and often having bawdy lyrics.
(countable, music) The refrain; a line or lines of a song which are repeated from verse to verse.
(countable, cricket, baseball) The act of catching a hit ball before it reaches the ground, resulting in an out.
(countable, cricket) A player in respect of his catching ability; particularly one who catches well.
(countable, rowing) The first contact of an oar with the water.
(countable, phonetics) A stoppage of breath, resembling a slight cough.
Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
, Introduction
the way it has been writ in, by catches, and many long intervals of interruption
A slight remembrance; a trace.
Synonyms
(act of capturing): seizure, capture, collar, snatch