CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN


Meaning of CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN in English

/kach"euhz kach"kan"/ , adj.

1. Also, catch-can . taking advantage of any opportunity; using any method that can be applied: a catch-as-catch-can life, as an itinerant handyman.

adv.

2. without specific plan or order: They lived catch-as-catch-can.

n.

3. a style of wrestling in which the contestants are permitted to trip, tackle, and use holds below the waist. Cf. Greco-Roman (def. 3).

[ 1885-90 ]

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