English Explanatory Dictionary

ketch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
verb
  1. Pronunciation spelling of catch.
verb
  1. To hang.
noun
  1. A hangman.
noun
  1. A pie or turnover.
noun
  1. Synonym of Jack Ketch (“a public executioner”).

Pronunciation

/kɛt͡ʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ketch.wav

Word forms

ketch ketches ketching ketched

Etymology

From Middle English catche, from cacchen (“to catch”). For the modern form with /ɛ/, compare the pronunciation /kɛtʃ/ of catch.

Synonyms

Guy Fawkes stretch string up forhang hang ketch send to the scaffold scrag truss tuck up Jack Ketch

Related words

yawl

Derived words

bomb ketch
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