Reverse Dictionary: CATCH

NOUNS
► BOB a catch, a throw → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAPTION a catching, taking, seizure, capture → 1382 
► FANG a catch, a capture → 1400 obs.
► ILLAQUEATION a catching or entangling in a noose or snare; entrapping or entangling in argument → 1605 obs.

NOUNS, PERSON
► FANGER a person who catches or captures → 1300 obs.

VERBS
► BAG to catch (a wrongdoer); hence, to arrest, to put in jail → 1824 Amer. sl.
► BECLAP to catch or lay hold of suddenly → 1386 obs.
► BECLIP to catch, to overtake; to lay hold of, to seize upon, to grip → 1380 obs.
► BEFONG to catch, to lay hold on, to seize, to grasp → 1000 obs.
► BEGRIPE to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast → 1175 obs.
► BOTTLE TOP to catch, gain, or understand something → 1974 UK rhyming sl. on ‘cop’  
► CAPE to catch; to ‘kep’ → 1802 
► CAPPER to catch, to seize, to lay hold of; to capture a ship → 1825 Sc.
► CAST SALT ON THE TAIL OF ► LAY SALT ON THE TAIL OF ► PUT SALT ON THE TAIL OF to catch; to capture: children having been told from hoary antiquity that they can catch birds by putting salt on their tails → 1721
► COB  to catch, to capture, to catch out → E19 sl.
► COP to catch, to nab → 1704 Eng. dial. & sl.
► FANG to catch, to apprehend, to get into one’s power → 1016 obs.
► GRIPE to lay hold of, to seize, to catch, to grasp; to get into one’s possession → 900
► HAWK to catch, to capture, to pounce upon → 1806 Amer. dial.
► HAWK AFTER to endeavour to catch or gain → 1510 obs.
► HEM ► HEM UP to catch, to corner, to surround → 1939
► HIVE to catch, to discover → 1915 World War I Amer. sl.
► HOOK to catch or apprehend by law; to arrest → 1928 Amer. sl.
► ILLAQUEATE to catch as in a noose; to ensnare, to entrap, to entangle → 1548 obs.
► KEEP to try to catch or get; to seek after → 1000 obs.
► KEP to catch in the hands or otherwise, so as to prevent from falling → 1500 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► KNAP to catch, to lay hold of; to seize; to steal → 1897 Eng. dial.
► LAG to catch, to apprehend; to arrest → 1847
► NAB to catch or capture a person unawares; to apprehend and arrest; to catch, in the sense of to hit → 1686 UK criminals’ sl.
► NAB IN THE HOCK to catch in the act → 1872 US criminals’ sl.
► NAIL to catch → 1383
► NAP to catch, to seize, to lay hold of a person or thing; to take into custody; to nab, to steal → 1673 sl.
► NECK to catch and shake a person → 1888 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
► NEIVE to catch with the hands, to pinch, to grip → 1824 Sc.
► NIB to catch; to arrest → 1819 sl.
► NIBBLE to catch, to take → 1607 sl.
► NICK to catch, to take unawares; to apprehend; to arrest, to take into custody → 1630 sl.
► NIG to catch → 1754 sl.
► NIP to catch, to seize, to lay hold of, to snatch up, to make off with, to steal → 1768 Sc.
► NOBBLE to get hold of, to seize, to catch → 1861 sl.
► PAN  to catch → L19 US sl.
► PIN to catch, to apprehend → 1864 sl.
► PREHEND to catch, to seize, to take, to lay hold of, to apprehend → 1500 obs.
► SCRAN to catch, to gain; to get hold of; to gather together; to collect in any way → 1873 Sc.
► SNAG to catch, to get hold of, to grab; to steal → 1895 Amer. dial.
► TAB to catch, to seize → 19C Eng. dial.
► TAG to catch someone; to convict someone of a crime → 1966 US sl.
► TAKE to catch, to overtake, to come upon suddenly → 1533 arch.
► YAMP to catch, to grab, to overcome, to steal → 1866 Amer. dial.