ALL meanings of catch-as-catch-can
catch-as-catch-can
C c - noun catch-as-catch-can a style of wrestling in which trips, holds below the waist, etc, are allowed 3
- adjective catch-as-catch-can using any method or opportunity that comes to hand 3
- noun catch-as-catch-can with any hold, approach, technique, etc. 3
- adjective catch-as-catch-can Also, catch-can. taking advantage of any opportunity; using any method that can be applied: a catch-as-catch-can life, as an itinerant handyman. 1
- adverb catch-as-catch-can without specific plan or order: They lived catch-as-catch-can. 1
- noun catch-as-catch-can a style of wrestling in which the contestants are permitted to trip, tackle, and use holds below the waist. Compare Greco-Roman (def 3). 1
- adjective catch-as-catch-can (Idiomatic) intermittent; only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself. 0
- adjective catch-as-catch-can (wrestling) of a form of amateur freestyle wrestling (catch wrestling). 0
- adverb catch-as-catch-can ad hoc, or in any way possible. 0