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caught

adj · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔːt/
British, Southern, Standard: /koːt/
British, Southern, Standard: [kho̞ːt]
British, Southern, Standard: [kho̞ːʔ]
UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/kɔt/ without the cot–caught merger
[khɔt] without the cot–caught merger
[khɔə̯t] without the cot–caught merger
[khoə̯t] without the cot–caught merger
[khʊə̯t] without the cot–caught merger
US: non-cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
cot-caught-merger: /kɑt/
cot-caught-merger: [khɑt]
US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian, New-Zealand: /koːt/
Australian, New-Zealand: [k̠hoːt]
Australian, New-Zealand: [kho̝ːʔ]
Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Canada, Inland-Northern-American: [khɒt]
Inland North Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland: /kɔt/
Multicultural-London-English: [qhoːʔ]
Multicultural-London-English: [khoːʔ]
homophone: cot (cot–caught merger)
homophone: court (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
rhymes with -ɔːt
CMU ARPABET: K AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: K AO1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of catch

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Word forms

Inflections and variants

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Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: caught and bowled, wild-caught, cot-caught, cot-caught merged, uncaught, upcaught

Related: none provided

Spelling and sound

Hyphenation and homophones

Homophones: cot (cot–caught merger), court (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

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