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What is "attention-getting"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
attention-getting

attention-getting \attention-getting\ attention-grabbing \attention-grabbing\adj.

  1. seizing the attention attention-getting demonstration

    Syn: eye-catching.

  2. 1 likely to attract interest.

    Syn: catchy.

WordNet
attention-getting

  1. adj. seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters" [syn: eye-catching]

  2. likely to attract attention; "a catchy title for a movie" [syn: catchy]

Usage examples of "attention-getting".

Ray grabbed the laser cannon and, after firing a couple of attention-getting blasts at the armored cars, adjusted the setting to emit discrete energy pulses, stellar-hot lightning bolts that would make short work of the hoverbikes, shields or no.

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