ketch

Pronunciation




Etymology 1
From, from. For the modern form with, compare the pronunciation of.

Noun

 * 1) A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: კეჩი
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: queche

Etymology 2
See.

Verb

 * 1) * 1929, H. W. ODUM, in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973), page 184
 * If so you gonna ketch hell.
 * 1) * 1968 S. STUCKEY, in A. Chapman, New Black Voices (1972), page 445
 * Run, nigger, run, de patrollers will ketch you.
 * 1) * 1929, H. W. ODUM, in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973), page 184
 * If so you gonna ketch hell.
 * 1) * 1968 S. STUCKEY, in A. Chapman, New Black Voices (1972), page 445
 * Run, nigger, run, de patrollers will ketch you.
 * 1) * 1968 S. STUCKEY, in A. Chapman, New Black Voices (1972), page 445
 * Run, nigger, run, de patrollers will ketch you.
 * Run, nigger, run, de patrollers will ketch you.

Etymology 3
From Jack Ketch, a hangman of the 17th century.

Verb

 * 1)  To hang.
 * 2) * 1681, T. FLATMAN Heraclitus Ridens No. 14
 * 'Squire Ketch rejoices as much to hear of a new Vox, as an old Sexton does to hear of a new Delight.
 * 1) * n.d., Ibid;;. No. 18
 * Well! If he has a mind to be Ketch'd, speed him say I.
 * 1) * 1859, MATSELL Vocab. s.v. (Farmer),
 * I'll ketch you; I'll hang you.
 * I'll ketch you; I'll hang you.

Noun

 * 1) A hangman.

Noun

 * 1)  boat