plural of cauchemar

(US, idiomatic) The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, especially presidential; a primary election via caucus.

(originally Britain, idiomatic) A laborious but arbitrary and futile activity; an activity that amounts to running around in a circle, expending great energy but not accomplishing anything.

A French surname; notably that of prolific mathematician Augustin-Louis Cauchy (1789-1857).

(of a sequence in a metric space) Whose terms become arbitrarily close to one another.

simple past tense and past participle of catch up

(idiomatic) To act in the least risky manner in a situation in which one is uncertain about the consequences.

(linguistics) Pertaining to any case that indicates the intention of achieving a specific final result. / Goal-oriented; purposeful as opposed to prescribed.

(grammar) The causal-final case. This case in the Hungarian language combines the causal case and the final case. It can express the cause of emotions (e.g. value someone for something) or the goal of actions (e.g. "kenyérért" for bread).

plural of caucus race