catch a stray

verb

Etymology

From catch (“to be hit by”) + a + stray (“a stray bullet”).

Definitions

  1. To be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument.

    • Jayda goes at it with Teanna Trump and Lil Baby catches a stray.
    • Nobody in the history of hip hop catch more strays than Tito Jackson.
    • nigga caught a stray in his own restaurant 😂😂😂😭😭😭

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for catch a stray. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA