catching
n.— «I remember lots of open spaces, blocks of flats situated atop a hill, and flights of staircases at the ends and middles of the blocks where my cousins would chase after each other up and down the block in games of tag (“catching” in local parlance).» —“Thoughts on Chinese New Year” by mjuse flaneurose Jan. 30, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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