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Catch-word

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In theatrical parlance, is the last word or so of the previous speaker, which is the cue of the person who follows.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Catch Me at It!
Catch the Speaker’s Eye (To)
Catch Out (To)
Catch your Hare (First)
Catch-Club
Catehpenny
Catchpole
Catch Weights
Catch-word
Catch-word
Catch-word
Catechumen [katy-kumen]
Cater-cousin
Caterpillars
Caterwauling
Catgut
Catgut Scraper (A)
Cathari
Catharine
Catharine (Knights of St)
Catharine of Russia