Ketch

Word KETCH
Character 5
Hyphenation ketch
Pronunciations /kɛtʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Ketch"

What do we mean by ketch?

A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel with a mizzenmast stepped aft of a taller mainmast but forward of the rudder. noun

An obsolete or dialectal form of catch. noun

A small, strongly built, twomasted vessel, usually of from 100 to 250 tons burden, but sometimes of less. noun

A variant of keech. noun

A hangman. See jack ketch. noun

An almost obsolete form of sailing vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden. noun

In modern usage, a sailing vessel having two masts, with the main mast taller than the aftermost, or mizzen, mast. noun

See under Bomb. noun

To catch. transitive verb

A fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post. noun

Eye dialect spelling of catch.. verb

To hang. verb

A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost noun

A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.

Bloated overhanging stomach Urban Dictionary

How catch is pronounced. catch is pronounce like ''ketch''. Urban Dictionary

A term used to insult a friend when they are behaving in a disgusting manner, possibly ladish or yobbish. However it's used in a humorous way and only applied to friends. Urban Dictionary

The best American bike made. Urban Dictionary

Slang for money; Can be described as short for ketchup Urban Dictionary

1. A man who assumes they are the shit, especially with the ladies, even though they are the opposite and probably get rejected a lot. 2. A woman who comes across as a slut, such as their dress sense and flirting, because they think it is attractive. Urban Dictionary

The best way to abbreviate "ketchup". Using this will make you an instant cool guy. Urban Dictionary

A fart after eating steak and a ton of seafood, that will clear a 10 foot radius in a packed night club. Like the Ketch club in LBI Urban Dictionary

The gross clear stuff that comes out of a ketchup bottle before any real condiment is dispensed Urban Dictionary

To reach a specific amount or destination Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ketch

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The word "ketch" in example sentences

"Yes, Madam Budd, yes; we have them sort of catches, too; but I now mean the vessel with a peculiar rig, which we call a ketch, you know." ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)

A few years later, however, Prince Rupert and some other prominent members of the court and the city bought the third-hand forty-three-ton ketch, the "Nonsuch", and borrowed the fifty-four-ton "Eaglet" ketch from the King. ❋ Unknown (1971)

A small vessel known as a ketch had recently been captured from the ❋ Burton Egbert Stevenson (1917)

A small vessel known as a ketch had recently been captured from the Tripolitans, and Decatur selected this in which to make the venture. ❋ Stevenson, Burton E (1913)

In response, the pilot of the ketch answered, that the ketch was a coaster from Malta, that she had lost her anchors in the late gale, and had been nearly wrecked, and that she now asked permission to ride by the frigate during the night. ❋ Willis J. Abbot (1898)

A small vessel known as a ketch had been recently captured from the Tripolitans by Decatur, and this prize was now named the Intrepid, and assigned to him for the work he had in hand. ❋ Theodore Roosevelt (1888)

Billingsgate: the ships begin opposite the Tower: two or three great three-masted vessels are shown: and two or three smaller ships of the kind called ketch, sloop, or hoy. ❋ Walter Besant (1868)

"A ketch is a two-masted craft, Master Geoffrey," John Lirriper said. ❋ Unknown (1867)

A ketch is a sort of ship, father, though I don't quite know what sort of ship. ❋ Unknown (1867)

What on most ranches in the Southwest is called a ketch (catch) rope is a reata in Mexican Spanish. ❋ Unknown (1991)

I dredged up from my memory the term "ketch" and it seemed to fit the picture I was seeing now. ❋ Archer, Miles (2002)

American naval history, Decatur entered the harbor at night in a small vessel or "ketch" called the Mastico, disguised as a trader from Malta. ❋ Henry Mann (N/A)

"How does you aim to cook fish an 'ketch 'em bofe, wid de Columbia river six miles f'm Poteland?" ❋ Hugh Wiley (N/A)

With the "ketch" begins what has been called the mast-and-a-half division of sailing vessels. ❋ Various (N/A)

Un raised and shook a feeble old fist -- "I've a good mind t 'ketch' im one as would put 'im t' sleep for a fortnight -- I've a good mind --" ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

The facade will be crucial for Kenneth Rowe, whose selection is already an anticlimax, and it might prevent what could actually be a one-horse race with Vaz, not being able to 'ketch Quaco', is now well poised to 'ketch' im shut '. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Listen Tech, de sweetest food in world is 'brought-forwards' fry up in de buck-pot wid lil table butta an leh it 'ketch' at de bottom fa good measure.

"'We ain' ketch 'im,' dey ses, 'we lef' dat fer you, dat ain 'ow' bizness, but we done fix him up so't you kin do de ketchin 'yo'se'f.' ❋ Various (1887)

You kin stay here an 'ketch 'em when they come out, or go in after 'em -- _they'll be there_! " ❋ James Otis (1880)

you have [a fat] ketch ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[I am] [going] to ketch [the ball]. ❋ David (2004)

1. Oi stop [ketching] about. 2. why you acting [like such] a ketche? 3. [you dirty] little ketche!! ❋ Relatively Clever (2010)

I [rode] my Ketch at [the park] [today] ❋ Potato Skins (2010)

[Yo] [Tyrone] you got the [ketch]? ❋ BusStop112 (2017)

That bitch out there [on the street] [corner] is a [ketch]. ❋ ShrektheThird (2019)

"hey can you pass the [ketch]?" "yeah!" *[whispers] to other friend [nearby]* "that guy is so cool" ❋ JiveAssToot (2016)

Yo, the club was so [packed], I could barely move, then I dropped a Ketch Bomb and I had [a 10] foot [clearing] all to myself ❋ Madbomber17 (2010)

Damn, my [bottle] pre-ketched all over [my fries]. [GROSS]. ❋ TheKateCat (2015)

I just dey bel you [sey] I [ketch] house. The money the guy take have me no ketch , so the [deals off]. ❋ Laaawwwd (2021)

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