Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Catching

Catching , adjective

1.
Infectious; contagious.
2.
Captivating; alluring.

Catching , noun

The act of seizing or taking hold of.
Collocations (1)
Catching bargain (Law) , a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. — Bouvier