Definitions for catchup

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catchup catch·up

Spelling: [kach-uh p, kech-]

IPA: /ˈkætʃ əp, ˈkɛtʃ-/

Catchup is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in catchup (acchptu).

Definitions for catchup

noun

1. ketchup.
2. an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay:
3. an effort to catch up with or surpass a competitor, as in a sports contest.
4. an instance of catching up.

Idioms

1. play catch-up, Informal. to make a special effort to overcome a late start, a liability, or the advantage a competitor has:

adjective

1. intended to keep up with or surpass a norm or competitor:

Origin of catchup

1835-45, Americanism; noun, adj. use of verb phrase catch up

Examples for catchup

If making a rich soup that requires wine or catchup, let it be added the last thing, just before the soup is taken from the fire.

For sauce, send with them melted butter, and put some soy into it; or flavour it with catchup.

We have ordered no more spice, &c. than is absolutely necessary to feed the catchup, and keep it from fermenting, &c.

A conversation with Mary Higgins Clark seems like a catchup with an absent aunt, or a proverbial long lost friend.

Put in the catchup at the last, and hold it over the fire just long enough to be thoroughly heated.

In using this catchup allow four table-spoonfuls to a common-sized sauce-boat of melted butter.

Add a tablespoonful of butter and any catchup or sauce desired.

Strain the gravy when it has boiled long enough, and flavour it with catchup.

In using wine or catchup, add only at the last moment, as boiling dissipates the flavor.

catchup, sauces, and jellies are now frequently preserved in this way.