CATCH PHRASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catch phrase mean? 

• CATCH PHRASE (noun)
  The noun CATCH PHRASE has 1 sense:

1. a phrase that has become a catchword

  Familiarity information: CATCH PHRASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATCH PHRASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A phrase that has become a catchword

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catch phrase; catchphrase

Hypernyms ("catch phrase" is a kind of...):

phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)

catchword; motto; shibboleth; slogan (a favorite saying of a sect or political group)