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

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

Tyson has regularly shared training videos, with signs of the punching power he carried in his prime exhibited in short clips of him smashing punchbags and mitts.

From BBC

The interview process involved "lots of weird and wonderful tasks", he said, including having to put up a tent while blindfolded and wearing oven mitts.

From BBC

As a result, when goes outside she has to bring oven mitts with her in case she is forced to touch metal railings, since the metal will burn her hands.

From Salon

“I do what I do,” she said, “because I don’t want anybody to go through what I went through. I’ll say this — I caught hell with a catcher’s mitt, honey.”

From Los Angeles Times

Trump has reportedly had a hang-up about his mitts since Greydon Carter's Spy magazine called him a "short-fingered vulgarian" three decades ago.

From Salon

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