- a person or thing that catches.
- the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.
- a member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the air.
- a person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill.
- See under Klystron.
- a person or thing that catches, esp in a game or sport
- a fielder who stands behind home plate and catches pitched balls not hit by the batter
