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CATCHPHRASE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catchphrase mean?
• CATCHPHRASE (noun)
The noun CATCHPHRASE has 1 sense:
1. a phrase that has become a catchword
Familiarity information: CATCHPHRASE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phrase that has become a catchword
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
catch phrase; catchphrase
Hypernyms ("catchphrase" 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)
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