mitt
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.
a mitten.
Slang. a hand.
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
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How to use mitt in a sentence
This pick will withstand high temps without making you feel like you’re wearing boxing mitts.
Best grill accessories you need to become a grill master | Florie Korani | July 23, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOnce you’re done exploring the park’s 90-plus miles of hiking trails, cool down in the creek or kick back on the front deck and warm your mitts by the fire on a pair of crimson Adirondack chairs.
For the average person in average cold temperatures, it would be prudent to have a medium-weight glove that has good dexterity, but also to carry some heavier synthetic mitts that are often very lightweight and warm.
Dress like an Alaskan to weather the winter cold | By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life | January 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceCarefully remove the bread pudding from the pot using oven mitts and the trivet handles.
Instant Pot delivers the silkiest bread pudding we’ve ever tried | Jessie Sheehan | December 11, 2020 | Washington PostIn 2012, Obama narrowly beat mitt Romney among Florida Cubans, according to exit polls.
The other person for whom a path to the nomination, let alone a candidacy, seems much less likely is mitt Romney.
How A Jeb Bush Candidacy Would Hurt Chris Christie And Shake Up The 2016 GOP Field | David Freedlander | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen last week, Bloomberg Businessweek ran a banner headline “Jeb Bush Has a mitt Romney Problem.”
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior? | Lloyd Green | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJeb Bush, Chris Christie, and mitt Romney are each doing their best to keep their hopes and options alive.
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior? | Lloyd Green | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2012, mitt Romney lost women voters by 11 points, and Republicans lost them by 11 points.
With five thousand dollars in your mitt, you wouldn't need to hang around here to take a lot of slurs.
Blow The Man Down | Holman Day“Old man Willard held out the marble mitt that-a time, Derry,” said he.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyAs I watched, she picked up a heavy motorcycle jacket, worn as a catcher's mitt, and put it on like armor.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowIch will Kacht, in den namen Gotts, zu den biderben luten und willig mitt und under inen sterben.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV | J. H. Merle D'AubignCarrying the bag that contained his uniform and mitt, he swung off with a vigorous, buoyant stride, whistling cheerfully.
The New Boys at Oakdale | Morgan Scott
British Dictionary definitions for mitt
/ (mɪt) /
any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers
short for mitten (def. 1)
baseball a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher: See also glove (def. 2)
(often plural) a slang word for hand
slang a boxing glove
Origin of mitt
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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