Synonyms for catchword
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kach-wurd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkætʃˌwɜrd |
Définition of catchword
Origin :- 1730, "the first word of the following page inserted at the lower right-hand corner of each page of a book," from catch (v.) + word (n.); extended to "word caught up and repeated" (especially in the political sense) by 1795. The literal sense is extinct; the figurative sense thrives.
- noun motto
- Every term of endearment has become a catchword, every caress mocks us from the hoardings.
- Extract from : « Tea-Table Talk » by Jerome K. Jerome
- Punch only saw in it "the catchword of a self-seeking swaggerer."
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England Vol. III of IV » by Charles L. Graves
- “Unclean,” he muttered, recalling a catchword of the world he gazed upon.
- Extract from : « Day and Night Stories » by Algernon Blackwood
- If you are busy, at least give me a line, and the catchword for the part I am to act.
- Extract from : « Dangerous Connections, v. 1, 2, 3, 4 » by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
- It was simple enough as soon as I saw the catchword in the 'Wanted' line.
- Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
- This is still better, for it has the catchword at the beginning of the paragraph.
- Extract from : « The Teaching of Geometry » by David Eugene Smith
- The catchword of Guizot, who was now his minister, was: Peace and no reforms.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 » by Various
- A catchword, propos of nothing, is always useful, so I have duly provided it.
- Extract from : « Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour » by Various
- "They all try for a catchword—every one of 'em," explained Baker.
- Extract from : « The Rules of the Game » by Stewart Edward White
- From516 that time the hollow phrase, Christian-German (or Teutsch), arose, and speedily became a catchword.
- Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
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