Mitt

Mitt
Mitt Mitt, n. [Abbrev. fr. mitten.] 1. A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers, usually worn by women. [1913 Webster]

2. (Baseball) A large glove, usually made of leather or similar material, with differing degrees of padding and usually some form of webbing in the large space between the thumb insert and the insert for the index finger; a baseball glove. It is used to assist in catching the baseball. The catcher's mitt has more padding and less webbing. [PJC]

3. A hand; -- used mostly in slang expressions; as, keep your mitts off my box of chocolates! [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Mitt — can refer to: a woman s glove that extends over the hand but does not cover the fingers mitten, glove that does not have separate fingers one of two types of baseball glove worn by a catcher or first baseman abbreviation for Military transition… …   Wikipedia

  • mitt — [mit] n. [contr. < MITTEN] 1. a woman s glove, often of lace or net, covering part of the arm, the hand, and sometimes part of the fingers 2. MITTEN 3. a padded glove or mitten for a specified use [dusting mitt ] ☆ 4. Slang a hand …   English World dictionary

  • mitt — [mıt] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: mitten] 1.) a type of ↑glove that does not have separate parts for each finger = ↑mitten ▪ ski mitts ▪ an oven mitt (=a thick glove used to protect your hand when you hold hot pans) 2.) a type of leather ↑glove …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • mitt — [ mıt ] noun count 1. ) a thick mitten that you wear on your hands to protect them: an oven mitt a ) in baseball, a type of GLOVE that you use for catching the ball 2. ) INFORMAL a hand: Keep your dirty mitts off my jacket …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • mitt — (n.) 1765, shortened form of MITTEN (Cf. mitten) (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of hand is from 1896 …   Etymology dictionary

  • mitt — ► NOUN 1) a mitten. 2) a fingerless glove. 3) informal a person s hand …   English terms dictionary

  • mitt — n. glove 1) an oven mitt 2) (baseball) a catcher s; first baseman s mitt * * * [mɪt] first baseman s mitt (baseball) a catcher s [ glove ] an oven mitt …   Combinatory dictionary

  • mitt — UK [mɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms mitt : singular mitt plural mitts 1) a) a thick mitten that you wear on your hands to protect them an oven mitt b) in baseball, a type of glove that you use for catching the ball 2) informal a hand Keep… …   English dictionary

  • mitt — 1. noun /mɪt/ a) A mitten b) An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt See Also: mitten 2. adverb /mɪt/ a) m …   Wiktionary

  • mitt — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glove, baseball glove, catcher s mitt, first baseman s mitt; see glove …   English dictionary for students

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