catching
adj : (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
{communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable}, {transmissible},
{transmittable}]
n 1: playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
2: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: {detection}, {espial}, {spying}, {spotting}]
3: becomeing infected; "catching cold is sometimes
unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be
financially catastrophic" [syn: {contracting}]