plural of catch rope

Alternative form of catch-rope

The rope that a cowboy uses to rope animals, having a loop on one end with which to capture the animal.

Synonym of category mistake

plural of category error

(archaeology, paleontology) The process by which individuals in a population die off in large numbers as part of a single event (rather than one by one, from a variety of causes).

present participle of catch a crab

(set theory) A fuzzy kind of category in which membership is determined not in binary (true-or-false) fashion but by a more general interval.

(African-American Vernacular) To gain respect.

A bet made for the purpose of entrapping the unwary by subterfuge.