http://wordie.org/words/caught Comments for the word 'Caught' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments Also see <a href="http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_28.html">here</a> for a map of the cot/caught merger in the US. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:38:03 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments This word, as contrasted with <a href="/words/cot">cot</a>, is somewhat famous among linguists. See here for the story. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:37:09 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments Cricket jargon - one of the ways in which a batsman can be given out. It occurs when a ball is hit by the batsman and then, before bouncing, is fairly caught by a member of the opposing team within the field of play. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:09:33 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/caught#comments