caught

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ(ː)t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɔːt/
- Audio (UK) (file)
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key):
- Audio (Australia) (file)
- (US) IPA^(key): , , ,
  - Audio (distinctive cot-caught) (file)
- (US) IPA^(key):
  - Audio (US cot-caught merged) (file)
- (Canada, US) IPA^(key):
  - Audio (many regions) (file)
Homophones: cot (accents with cot-caught merger), court (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Rhymes: -ɔːt

Adjective

caught (not comparable)

(cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

Derived terms

caught and bowled

Verb

caught

simple past and past participle of catch

Derived terms

cot-caught merger

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