caught

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caught

/kɔːt/ British, UK, Southern
/koːt/ West Country
[kʰo̞ːt] West Country
[kʰo̞ːʔ] West Country
/kɔt/ US
[kʰɔt] US
/kɑt/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
[kʰɑt] Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
/kɔt/ US, dialectal
[kʰɔə̯t] New York, US, dialectal
[kʰoə̯t] New England, US, dialectal
[kʰʊə̯t] US, dialectal
/kɔt/ Inland Northern American, US, dialectal
[kʰɒt] Inland Northern American, US, dialectal
[kʰɑt] Inland Northern American, US, dialectal
/kɒt/ Canada
[kʰɒt] Canada
/koːt/ Australia, New Zealand
[k̠ʰoːt] Australia, New Zealand
[kʰo̝ːʔ] Australia, New Zealand
/kɔt/ Scotland
[qʰoːʔ] Multicultural London English
[kʰoːʔ] Multicultural London English

Sounds like cot (cot–caught merger)

adjective

not comparable Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of catch
Similar: catched

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: stopped, tracked, hijacked, hit, grab, abducted, arresting, capture, locked, take, apprehended, flared, pinned, trapped, arrest, stranded

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@misc{caught_2026,
  title = {caught},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/caught},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}