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Catchword :: Catchword (n.) A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc..

Thunderbird :: Thunderbird (n.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird (Pachycephala gutturalis). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also white-throated thickhead, orange-breasted thrust, black-crowned thrush, guttural thrush, and black-breasted flycatcher..

Entrap :: Entrap (v. t.) To catch in a trap; to insnare; hence, to catch, as in a trap, by artifices; to involve in difficulties or distresses; to catch or involve in contradictions; as, to be entrapped by the devices of evil men..

Pawl :: Pawl (n.) A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine, adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel..

Gin :: Gin (v. t.) To catch in a trap.

Catch :: Catch (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony..

Mouser :: Mouser (n.) A cat that catches mice.

Whitewall :: Whitewall (n.) The spotted flycatcher; -- so called from the white color of the under parts.

Catch :: Catch (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate..

Hack :: Hack (n.) A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough..

Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The pitcher and catcher together.

Inviscate :: Inviscate (v. t.) To daub or catch with glue or birdlime; to entangle with glutinous matter.

Catchword :: Catchword (n.) Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A small catch or fastening held or closed by means of a spring, or one which closes with a snapping sound, as the catch of a bracelet, necklace, clasp of a book, etc..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly..

Retiary :: Retiary (n.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.

Glimpse :: Glimpse (v. i.) to appear by glimpses; to catch glimpses.

Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To entangle, as in a net; to catch..

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