catch at

phrasal verb

caught at; catching at; catches at

: to reach for and try to hold (something)

The baby caught at my dress as I walked past.

Examples of catch at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On those flights, SpaceX successfully returned its Super Heavy booster to Earth in back-to-back rocket catches at with giant chopsticks, but the Ship stage of the rocket failed shortly after liftoff. —Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 May 2025

Willi Castro started the game with a leaping catch at the wall in right-center to take a hit away from Mike Yastrzemski. —Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 May 2025

Read Next National On-duty officer smuggling 16 ‘bricks’ of cocaine is caught at Atlanta airport, feds say February 27, 2025 5:40 AM Read Next North Carolina Police lieutenant helped son traffic drugs in North Carolina, feds say. —Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025

That comment was caught at the end of an interview with British journalist Steven Edginton from GB News. —Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for catch at

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat