"catchings" in the noun sense
1. catching
baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2. detection, catching, espial, spying, spotting
the act of detecting something catching sight of something
3. catching, contracting
becoming infected
"catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"
"the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
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