Meaning

2 senses
  1. A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.

    geflügelte Worte, Ausspruch

    бро́ская фра́заbróskaja fráza, крыла́тая фра́заkrylátaja fráza, популя́рное выраже́ниеpopuljárnoje vyražénije

  2. A signature phrase of a particular person or group.

More definitions
  • a phrase that has become a catchword

Examples

5 sentences
  1. You don't even have a catchphrase.

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  2. That was his catchphrase.

    ruЭто была его коронная фраза. — odexed

    deDas war sein Schlagwort. — kitab

  3. Don't steal my catchphrase.

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  4. That's his troll catchphrase.

    ruЭто его излюбленная тролльская фразочка. — Ooneykcall

    deDas ist sein Trollsprüchlein. — Waldelfe

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  5. That's his catchphrase.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a repeated expression:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a repeated expression:

Origin

From catch + phrase, from the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user.

From catch + phrase, from the notion that the phrase will catch in the mind of the user.

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Forms

plural: catchphrases

Synonyms

3 synonyms
catchwordsignature phrase
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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