cotch

present singular third person cotches · participle present cotching · participle past caught · past caught · participle past cotched · past cotched

1. pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of catch.

   Ye mought hev cotch the smallpox.

   1911, Charles Egbert Craddock (aka Mary Noailles Murfree), The Raid Of The Guerilla^([sic])

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   "Well, we've cotch them any how," said the urchin, as he disengaged himself from his wet saddle, and stood upon the ground; "and it is not my fault that the coach is not before us."

   1839, Charles James Lever, The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Vol. 2

   So, afeard that the like might happin agin, he med a grab at the Leprechaun, an' cotch him up in his hand, but in his hurry he ovirset the pitcher, and spilt all the beer, so that he couldn't git a taste uv it to tell what sort it was.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 375

   Mas'r Sumner an' a'heap mo' on 'em would jes' like fur to kill dat Mas'r Dayton ef dey could cotch him.

   1880, Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell, The Harvest of Years

   "Dey come here for to cotch young massa George Le Dell, 'cause dey knowed he would be shore for to come here."

   1892, Harry Castlemon, Frank on a Gun-Boat

   But one ting ish goot; dey cotch de murterer."

   1901, John Hay, The Bread-winners

present singular third person cotches · participle present cotching · participle past cotched · past cotched · alternative kotch

1. JamaicaMulticultural London EnglishintransitiveTo hang out or chill out; to relax.

   I’m sitting here cotching by the side of the road / Watching the world go by through the eyes of a rogue

   2003 September 15, “Gimme Dat” (track 8), in Asylum Speakers, performed by Foreign Beggars, Dented Records

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   And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks

   2016 February 14, Joseph Adenuga, Darren Dixon, Tariq Devega, “Ladies Hit Squad” (track 6), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta ft. D Double E and ASAP Nast, Boy Better Know

2. JamaicaintransitiveTo prop, lean, rest.

   She gestures toward the crème with her chin, an action that she has seen the women in the shop do when they place their orders, their confidence evident in the way they stand, leaning with all their weight on the counter, one leg cotched on the back of the other.

   2016, Nicole Dennis-Benn, chapter 1, in Here Comes the Sun