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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kach-wurd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætʃˌwɜrd



Définition of catchword

Origin :
  • 1730, "the first word of the following page inserted at the lower right-hand corner of each page of a book," from catch (v.) + word (n.); extended to "word caught up and repeated" (especially in the political sense) by 1795. The literal sense is extinct; the figurative sense thrives.
  • noun motto
Example sentences :
  • Every term of endearment has become a catchword, every caress mocks us from the hoardings.
  • Extract from : « Tea-Table Talk » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Punch only saw in it "the catchword of a self-seeking swaggerer."
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV » by Charles L. Graves
  • “Unclean,” he muttered, recalling a catchword of the world he gazed upon.
  • Extract from : « Day and Night Stories » by Algernon Blackwood
  • If you are busy, at least give me a line, and the catchword for the part I am to act.
  • Extract from : « Dangerous Connections, v. 1, 2, 3, 4 » by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
  • It was simple enough as soon as I saw the catchword in the 'Wanted' line.
  • Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • This is still better, for it has the catchword at the beginning of the paragraph.
  • Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
  • The catchword of Guizot, who was now his minister, was: Peace and no reforms.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 » by Various
  • A catchword, propos of nothing, is always useful, so I have duly provided it.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour » by Various
  • "They all try for a catchword—every one of 'em," explained Baker.
  • Extract from : « The Rules of the Game » by Stewart Edward White
  • From516 that time the hollow phrase, Christian-German (or Teutsch), arose, and speedily became a catchword.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz

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