Definition of "ketch" in English

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.

   • If so you gonna ketch hell.
   • Run, nigger, run, de patrollers will ketch you.

verb

1. (rare) To hang.

   • 'Squire Ketch rejoices as much to hear of a new Vox, as an old Sexton does to hear of a new Delight.
   • Well! If he has a mind to be Ketch'd, speed him say I.
   • 1859, MATSELL Vocab. s.v. (Farmer), I'll ketch you; I'll hang you.

noun

1. A hangman.

noun

1. (UK, dialectal) A pie or turnover.