catch

Naija

Etymology

From: English catch

Pronunciation

• kátʃ

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 37
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 300
• Frequency in raw corpus: 908
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 389

Verb

catch: (of brake) to grip, to intoxicate -- Definition in Naija?

1. Sey someting/person hold someting/person

1. Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)

   No dey catch brake like dat.  — (Don't grip the brake like that.)

   Drink dey kach me.  — (I am intoxicated by alcohol.)

2. obj (frequency:98)

   Fear catch me.  — (NST_cleaned__15782, __no translation__)

   Fear catch me o.  — (NST_cleaned__15777, __no translation__)

3. mark-obj (frequency:61)

   Na im Ben-hadad plan to catch Elisha.  — (jw__4174, __no translation__)

   Peter no just dey enjoy to catch fish.  — (jw__29982, __no translation__)

4. nsubj-obj (frequency:26)

   but now when dem catch dem.  — (deuber__2339, __no translation__)

   You see na dere I catch you.  — (NST_cleaned__9069, __no translation__)

5. aux-obj (frequency:21)

   Fear dey catch you?  — (NST_cleaned__24104, __no translation__)

   From dere, we go f-... comot, go canal, go catch fish.  — (PRT_05_Ghetto-Life_MG__119, From there, we will f-... head out and go to the canal to catch fish.)

6. - (frequency:15)

   and na you shame go catch  — (deuber__3005, __no translation__)

   comot, go canal, go catch fish.  — (NST_cleaned__41838, __no translation__)

7. advcl-obj (frequency:12)

   Catch glaucoma quick na im be solution  — (bbc__24900, __no translation__)

   Social media wan catch fire as Eminem yab Trump  — (bbc__90758, __no translation__)

8. nsubj (frequency:7)

   You see na dere I catch you.  — (JOS_26_Small-Talk_DG__228, You see, that's where I caught you.)

   If you jump, de catch you, na your luck o!  — (IBA_22_School-Children_DG__79, If you jump and they catch you, it will be your luck o.)

9. cc-obj (frequency:6)

   Di driver of di bus don run and police for di area don close di school plus catch di owner.  — (bbc__34187, __no translation__)

   Na only two pipo survive di Sosoliso Airline crash wey hit di ground as e land and catch fire.  — (bbc__71643, __no translation__)

10. mark (frequency:5)

    Bird get sense well well, dem no easy to catch  — (jw__4998, __no translation__)

    Di person wey your power no reach to catch, no be God you go carry am give?  — (deuber__5994, __no translation__)

11. aux-nsubj (frequency:4)

    No be only PDP im dey catch?  — (JOS_32_School-And-Party-Politics_DG__119, Is it not only PDP he is catching ?)

    If I go break im head, you know sey na me de go catch eheh.  — (NST_cleaned__13157, __no translation__)

12. csubj-obj (frequency:3)

    Fear catch me.  — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__36, I was overwhelmmed with fear.)

    Fear catch me o.  — (KAD_23_Christians-In-Kaduna_DG__31, I was afraid o.)

13. conj-obj (frequency:2)

    Na private beach for Lekki area of Lagos wey people like to go sidon catch fun and enjoy nature.  — (bbc__71708, __no translation__)

    Na so fear catch AEK Athens players and dem run comot field say e no safe for dem and dem no come back again.  — (bbc__71958, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• shoot 0.74 495, kill 0.68 3193, burn 0.67 571, bite 0.67 110, swallow 0.66 94, blow 0.66 324, boil 0.66 106, pour 0.65 199, bury 0.64 278

Antonyms

• shoot 0.74 495, kill 0.68 3193, burn 0.67 571, bite 0.67 110, swallow 0.66 94, blow 0.66 324, boil 0.66 106, pour 0.65 199, bury 0.64 278

Translations

• English: (of brake) to grip, to intoxicate