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How to pronounce catchword in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms guide word, guideword
Type of word
Type Words
Synonyms motto, shibboleth, slogan
Type of saying, expression, locution
Has types cry, mantra, rallying cry, war cry, watchword, battle cry, catch phrase, catchphrase

Examples of catchword

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Like Barack Obama's campaign catchword, change is the theme in Washington.
From the usatoday.com
He was a defender of family values before family values became a catchword.
From the kentucky.com
As you know, change is the trendy catchword of this election.
From the signonsandiego.com
The catchword of the day was positive.
From the independent.co.uk
Movement, Lye's own catchword, was a unifying force.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The term Schuldturm, outside of the Saxon constitution, became the catchword for public law debtor's prison.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That was the somewhat improbable catchword President Bush attached to his foreign policy while on the campaign trail.
From the time.com
Holism has thus been used as a catchword.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The new catchword is sustainability.
From the abcnews.go.com
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  • Motto: a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  • Guide word: a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
  • Catchword was a daytime word game show first shown on BBC1 from 17 April 1985 until 2 April 1986, hosted by Gyles Brandreth, and then on its sister channel BBC2 from 5 January 1988 until 23 May 1995, hosted by Paul Coia
  • (Catchwords) The issues of the case. To view an example of the Catchwords section of a case look at Peat v Lin on the Law Reports Print Layout page
  • An effective or attractive word or phrase made memorable by frequent repetition; see catch-phrase, slogan, ad diction, pap, jingle, trigger term. ...
  • This phrase comes from printing; it refers to a trick printers would use to keep pages in their proper order. The printer would print a specific word below the text at the bottom of a page. This word would match the first word on the next page. ...