caught

• IPA^(key): /kɔ(ː)t/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːt]

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  • (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): [k̠ʰoːt]

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  • (US) IPA^(key): [kʰɔt]

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /kɑt/, [kʰɑt]

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• Homophones: cot (accents with cot-caught merger), court (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -ɔːt

caught (not comparable)

1. (cricket) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it.

caught

1. simple past tense and past participle of catch

• caught with one's hand in the cookie jar