mitt

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noun
  1. Baseball.

    • a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.

    • a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen.: Compare baseball glove.

  2. a mitten.

  1. Slang. a hand.

  2. a glove that leaves the lower ends of the fingers bare, especially a long one made of lace or other fancy material and worn by women.

Origin of mitt

1
First recorded in 1755–65; short for mitten

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Other definitions for mitt. (2 of 2)

mitt.

abbreviation
  1. (in prescriptions) send.

Origin of mitt.

2
From the Latin word mitte

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British Dictionary definitions for mitt

mitt

/ (mɪt) /


noun
  1. any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers

  2. short for mitten (def. 1)

  1. baseball a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher: See also glove (def. 2)

  2. (often plural) a slang word for hand

  3. slang a boxing glove

Origin of mitt

1
C18: shortened from mitten

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