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.

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitt¹

First recorded in 1755–65; short for mitten

Origin of mitt²

From the Latin word mitte

Word History and Origins

Origin of mitt¹

C18: shortened from _mitten

Example Sentences

Predictably, he couldn’t hold on, the ball hitting the heel of his mitt before falling to the ground for a two-run error.

From Los Angeles Times

When he flung a floated pass beyond helpless Wallabies it landed in the grateful mitts of Tuipulotu, who went over at the posts.

From BBC

It was a three-point game and Scotland had the ball in their mitts in the 79th minute as they looked to see it out.

From BBC

At the breakdown they stuck their mitts in rucks and came up offside.

From BBC

Wild Card was where a young, invincible and feared heavyweight star Mike Tyson came to work for a fight and was doing mitts with Roach.

From Los Angeles Times

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