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# catchy

«catchy» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to remember and stays in your head** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (catchy, catchier, catchiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A catchy tune, song or slogan is easy to remember and stays in your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#m1)

2) (informal) Catchy can describe a name or idea that is attractive and grabs attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, catchy songs have simple repeated choruses and rhythms. In English and advertising lessons, adverts use catchy slogans and jingles to make you remember a product; pupils learn to spot persuasive tricks. In everyday life, a catchy tune can become an earworm.

### examples

- That song is so catchy I can't stop humming it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x1)
- The advert has a catchy jingle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x2)
- Think of a catchy title for your poster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x3)
- A catchy slogan helps people remember. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x4)
- The chorus is the catchiest part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x5)
- Her band has a catchy name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/#x6)

### note

Comparatives: catchier, catchiest. Informal but fine in school writing. An earworm is a catchy tune stuck in your head.

### In the corpora

- [Short video apps often use one catchy clip of a song; the full song usually has verses, a chorus and other parts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/16/)
- [The hook is the catchiest bit of a song, often in the chorus; writing a good hook takes real skill.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/14/)
- [A slogan is a short catchy phrase; "the best pizza in town" is an opinion, not a checked fact.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/33-adverts-and-how-they-work-on-you/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «catchy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/catchy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.