Catch"y (?), a.


Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking; as, catchy music.


Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; - - usually used fig.; as, a catchy question.


Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable; as, a catchy wind.

It [the fox's scent] is . . . flighty or catchy, if variable. Encyc. of Sport.


© Webster 1913.
