CATCHY (catchier, catchiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: catchier    , catchiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does catchy mean? 

• CATCHY (adjective)
  The adjective CATCHY has 2 senses:

1. having concealed difficulty

2. likely to attract attention

  Familiarity information: CATCHY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATCHY (adjective)

Comparative: catchier   
Superlative: catchiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having concealed difficulty

Synonyms:

catchy; tricky

Context example:

a tricky recipe to follow

Similar:

difficult; hard (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)

Derivation:

catch (a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Likely to attract attention

Synonyms:

attention-getting; catchy

Context example:

a catchy title for a movie

Similar:

appealing (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention)

 Context examples 

I could not help thinking that his strange, catchy little laugh was also a symptom of some nervous malady.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)