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mitt

1

[ mit ]

noun

  1. Baseball.
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
  3. Slang. a hand.
  4. 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.


mitt.

2

abbreviation for

  1. (in prescriptions) send.

mitt

/ mɪt /

noun

  1. any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers
  2. short for mitten
  3. baseball a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher See also glove
  4. often plural a slang word for hand
  5. slang.
    a boxing glove
“Collins 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitt1

First recorded in 1755–65; short for mitten

Origin of mitt2

From the Latin word mitte
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitt1

C18: shortened from mitten
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Example Sentences

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Then last week, Bloomberg Businessweek ran a banner headline “Jeb Bush Has a Mitt Romney Problem.”

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In 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.

“Old man Willard held out the marble mitt that-a time, Derry,” said he.

As I watched, she picked up a heavy motorcycle jacket, worn as a catcher's mitt, and put it on like armor.

Ich will Kacht, in den namen Gotts, zu den biderben luten und willig mitt und under inen sterben.

Carrying the bag that contained his uniform and mitt, he swung off with a vigorous, buoyant stride, whistling cheerfully.

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