Adjective
catchy (comparative catchier, superlative catchiest)
- (of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.
2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”
- (dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
a catchy question
- (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.
a catchy wind
- Encyc. of Sport
- It [the fox's scent] is […] flighty or catchy, if variable.
- Contagious; catching.
1941, Florence LaGanke Harris, Hazel Hanna Huston, The New Home Economics Omnibus:The catchy cold which has been transmitted to you directly or indirectly might have been avoided had you been in better physical condition.
Translations
instantly appealing and memorable
- Bulgarian: (please verify) лесно запомнящ се (lesno zapomnjašt se)
- Catalan: enganxós
- Czech: chytlavý
- Danish: fængende, iøjnefaldende (about sth. visual), iørefaldende (of a tune)
- Dutch: aanstekelijk (nl), pakkend (nl)
- Finnish: tarttuva (fi), iskevä (fi)
- French: entraînant (fr)
- German: einprägsam (de), griffig (de), packend (de), eingängig (de)
- Greek: πιασάρικος (el) (piasárikos)
- Hungarian: fülbemászó (hu) (of a tune)
- Italian: accattivante (it), orecchiabile (it)
- Japanese: キャッチーな (ja) (kyatchi na), 覚えやすい (oboe-yasui), 耳に残る (mimi ni nokoru)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fengende
- Polish: chwytliwy
- Portuguese: memorável (pt), contagiante (pt), cativante (pt)
- Russian: привя́зчивый (ru) (privjázčivyj)
- Spanish: pegadizo (es), pegajoso (es)
- Swedish: medryckande (sv), trallvänlig (sv), svängig
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