catch feelings

verb

To suddenly begin to feel romantic attraction (towards).

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Meanings

verbcatch feelings (third-person singular simple present catches feelings, present participle catching feelings, simple past and past participle caught feelings)

present singular third person catches feelings · participle present catching feelings · participle past caught feelings · past caught feelings

  1. colloquialidiomaticintransitiveTo suddenly begin to feel romantic attraction (towards).

    The deal was that if anyone started catching feelings, he could throw up a stop sign and the other would honor it.

    2007, Marissa Monteilh, Dr. Feelgood, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 27
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APA

catch feelings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20feelings

MLA

“catch feelings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20feelings. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catch feelings,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catch%20feelings.

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