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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
Harold MacMillan

Meaning of "safety catch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAFETY CATCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAFETY CATCH

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Safety catch is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAFETY CATCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Safety Catch

Safety Catch is a sitcom on BBC Radio 4 created by Laurence Howarth and written by Howarth and John Finnemore. The series was first broadcast in 2007. It is about Simon McGrath, a man who works in a job that he does not like – the arms trade. The show mocks issues of morality, although Howarth claims that the show is not satirical. Because of the subject matter and the light-hearted way it is treated, the series is one of Radio 4's most controversial. A second series was broadcast in April 2009.

Definition of safety catch in the English dictionary

The definition of safety catch in the dictionary is a device to prevent the accidental operation of a mechanism, e.g. in a firearm or lift.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAFETY CATCH

safety belt
safety blade
safety bolt
safety chain
safety curtain
safety date
safety device
safety factor
safety feature
safety film
safety fuse
safety glass
safety helmet
safety inspection
safety island
Safety Islands
safety lamp
safety lock
safety margin
safety match

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAFETY CATCH

batch
by-catch
catch
dispatch
from scratch
hatch
latch
match
on the watch
outcatch
overcatch
patch
recatch
Scotch catch
scratch
seecatch
snatch
swatch
upcatch
watch

Synonyms and antonyms of safety catch in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «safety catch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAFETY CATCH

Find out the translation of safety catch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of safety catch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «safety catch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抓安全
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cierre de seguridad
570 millions of speakers

English

safety catch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुरक्षा पकड़ो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الصيد السلامة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предохранитель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trava de segurança
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরাপত্তা ধরা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cran de sûreté
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Keselamatan tangkapan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sicherung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セーフティキャッチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안전 캐치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyekel safety
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắt an toàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாதுகாப்பு பிடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुरक्षा पकडू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güvenli yakalama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fermo di sicurezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapadka zabezpieczająca
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запобіжник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prindere de siguranță
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλιευμάτων ασφάλεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veiligheid vangs
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

säkerhetsspärr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sikkerhetssperre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of safety catch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFETY CATCH»

The term «safety catch» is regularly used and occupies the 68.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFETY CATCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about safety catch

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QUOTES WITH «SAFETY CATCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word safety catch.
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Harold MacMillan
There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAFETY CATCH»

Discover the use of safety catch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to safety catch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Safety Catch
When his attractive neighbor suddenly disappears and the police are stumped, computer wizard David Cursore decides to do his own electronic sleuthing.
Jaron Summers, 2009
2
The Safety Catch
Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
G. F. Hughes, 2006
3
Linker Strategies in Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis
6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 7 7.1 7.2 7.3 III 8.1 6.2.3 Sulfide/sulfone safety- catch linker 6.2.4 Dpr(phoc) safety-catch linker Activation by the mesomeric effect (M-) of the –X–Y= Z moiety adjacent to a carbonyl group 6.3.1 Carbonyl activation  ...
Peter Scott, 2009
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The Power of Functional Resins in Organic Synthesis
Safety-Catch. and. Traceless. Linkers. in. Solid. Phase. Organic. Synthesis. Matthias Sebastian Wiehn, NicoleJung, and Stefan Bräse University of Karlsruhe (TH), Institute for Organic Chemistry, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 16.1 Introduction ...
Fernando Albericio, Judit Tulla-Puche, 2008
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Antique Firearms Assembly/Disassembly: The Comprehensive ...
The safety catch (#426) may be powered either by a coil spring or a leaf spring. The leaf-type spring will be located on the inside of the rear grip strap and is held in place by a cross pin. Coil-type springs (if equipped) are located within the ...
David Chicoine, 2005
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The Combinatorial Index
... 28 3.2.14 a-Methylphenacyl Ester Linker 29 3.2.15 Reductive Acidolysis Safety -Catch Linker 31 3.2.16 Safety-Catch Linker Cleaved by Intramolecular Activation 31 3.2.17 Safety-Catch Linkage for the Direct Release into Aqueous Buffers 33 ...
Barry A. Bunin, 1998
7
The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest
Parts Legend 1 Recoil spring 2 Barrel 3 Extractor 4 Extractor Spring 5 Firing-Pin retainer pin 6 Right grip 7 Barrel bushing lock 8 Barrel bushing 9 Slide 10 Safety catch 11 Safety detent 12 Safety spring 13 Firing-Pin spring 14 Slide stop 15 ...
Dan Shideler, 2010
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Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis: Concepts, Strategies, and ...
Safety-Catch. Linker. Units. As outlined above, a drawback of using acid or base labile linker units is that unwanted cleavage can occur when reagents employed in the synthetic sequence resemble the cleavage conditions. One elegant ...
Patrick H. Toy, Yulin Lam, 2012
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Challenges in Natural Language Processing
EG He would have been killed if he hadn't been wearing a safety belt. safety catch, safety catches; also spelled with a hyphen. 1 The safety catch on a gun stops you firing it accidentally. EG Charles slipped on the safety catch and pocketed the ...
Madeleine Bates, Ralph M. Weischedel, 2006
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Wingshooting
There is no such thing as an automatic safety catch. Some guns are designed so that they should engage the safety every time they are opened, but don't depend completely on that. By the same rule, there is no such thing as a foolproof safety ...
Peter F. Blakeley

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAFETY CATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term safety catch is used in the context of the following news items.
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NASCAR: Daytona's Safety Catch
Austin Dillon goes airborne and hits the catch fence as he was involved in a multi-car crash on the final lap of the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup series ... «The Ledger, Jul 15»
2
Rail Budget 2015: Railways switches on the safety catch
The rail budget aims to tackle the issue of safety and has detailed several initiatives to prevent fire and derailments. The ministry is also preparing a five-year ... «Times of India, Feb 15»
3
Kill switches and safety catches
Arms control: New technologies make it easier to track small arms and stop them working under certain circumstances. To what extent can they prevent the ... «The Economist, Nov 13»
4
Missing safety catch leads to fine for company
Sheffield Crown Court heard that the sheet pile came off the hook of an excavator as it was being lowered because a vital safety catch was missing. As it fell, it ... «Health and Safety Executive, Apr 13»
5
Safety catch
This week, Nature reports the initial analysis of results from the first international survey of scientists' attitudes and behaviour towards lab safety, conducted by ... «Nature.com, Jan 13»
6
Manchester worker paralysed in crane crush
The court also heard that a safety catch on the crane hook was faulty, which led to the scaffolding tubes falling. Although the company had known about this for ... «Health and Safety Executive, Jan 12»
7
These dogs are guns without a safety
These dogs are guns without a safety catch ... He acted so bravely and without thought to his own safety to ensure that I could retreat and get our children out of ... «Herald Sun, Aug 11»
8
America's 'safety catch'
Despite the fact there are more than 200 million guns in circulation, there is a certain tranquility and civility about American life. Deepwater, Missouri has a motto: ... «BBC News, Apr 08»

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