Usually means: Easily memorable, appealing, sticks mentally.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word catchy:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. catchy: Merriam-Webster
  2. catchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catchy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. catchy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Catchy, catchy: Wordnik
  7. catchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. catchy: Wiktionary
  9. catchy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. catchy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. catchy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Catchy, catchy: Dictionary.com
  13. catchy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Catchy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. catchy: Rhymezone
  16. catchy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. catchy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. catchy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. catchy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catchy: Legal dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. catchy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Catchy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See catchier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a tune or phrase) Instantly appealing and memorable.
adjective:  (dated, chiefly figurative) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
adjective:  (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.
adjective:  Contagious; catching.

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