noun
- a condiment made from tomatoes, vinegar, sugar, and spices, used as a sauce or flavoring
Usage: also spelled ketchup; more common spelling in U.S. English is ketchup
verb
- to catch up; to reach the same level or position as someone or something ahead
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'catch up'
Examples
- She squeezed catchup onto her french fries.
- I need to catchup on my homework before the test.
- The runner tried to catchup with the leader in the final lap.
- Let me catchup with you after I finish this task.
- He put catchup on his hot dog.
- I'm trying to catchup on all the episodes I missed.