different between catcher vs catched

English

Etymology

catch +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt?.?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæt?.?/, /?k?t?.?/
• Rhymes: -æt??(?), -?t??(?)

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

1. Someone or something that catches.
2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

Coordinate terms

• (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher

Derived terms

• eye-catcher, eyecatcher

Translations

Anagrams

• recatch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.?e/

Verb

catcher

1. to wrestle
2. (Quebec) to catch
3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)

Conjugation

Anagrams

• créchât

Spanish

Noun

catcher m (plural catchers)

1. (baseball) catcher

English

Verb

catched

1. (obsolete or nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of catch
   • 1867: Clarence M. Leumane, the Lambton Worm song

     One Sunda morn young Lambton went

     A-fishing in the Wear;

     An' catched a fish upon he's heuk

     He thowt leuk't vary queer

   • 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VIII

     I catched a catfish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper. Then I set out a line to catch some fish for breakfast.

Synonyms

• caught