different between catcher vs caught

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?(?)t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [k?o?t]
  • (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): [k??o?t]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [k??t], [k????t], [k?o??t]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [k??t]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [k??t]
• Homophones: cot (accents with cot-caught merger), court (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -??t

Adjective

caught (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Verb

caught

1. simple past tense and past participle of catch

Derived terms

• caught with one's hand in the cookie jar