Meaning

Pronunciation spelling of catch..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pronunciation spelling of catch.
2. (intransitive, Jamaica, MLE) To hang out or chill out; to relax.
3. (intransitive, Jamaica) To prop, lean, rest.

Example Sentences

Blast his sowl--that hunter I mane, an' if iver I cotch him, may I be used for a flail if I don't settle his accounts."

"Dey come here for to cotch young massa George Le Dell, 'cause dey knowed he would be shore for to come here."

Youse bettah look out, honey, or dey'll cotch youalls, shuah!"

Mas'r Sumner an' a'heap mo' on 'em would jes' like fur to kill dat Mas'r Dayton ef dey could cotch him.

But one ting ish goot; dey cotch de murterer."

Ye mought hev cotch the smallpox.

"Well, we've cotch them any how," said the urchin, as he disengaged himself from his wet saddle, and stood upon the ground; "and it is not my fault that the coach is not before us."

I’m sitting here cotching by the side of the road / Watching the world go by through the eyes of a rogue

Word Forms

• cotches
• cotching
• caught
• cotched
• cotch
• kotch

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Use cotch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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