catch

Naija

Alternative forms

• 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

Etymology

Borrowed 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

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Verb

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

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__)

Synonymes

• 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

Antonymes

• 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