Catch"y (?), a.
1.
Apt or tending to catch the fancy or attention; catching; taking;
as, catchy music.
2.
Tending to catch or insnare; entangling; -
- usually used fig.; as, a catchy question.
3.
Consisting of, or occuring in,
disconnected parts or snatches; changeable; as, a catchy
wind.
It [the fox's scent] is . . . flighty or catchy,
if variable. Encyc. of Sport.
© Webster 1913.