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mitt
(mĭt)n.
1. A type of glove that extends over the hand but only partially covers the fingers.
2. A mitten.
3. Baseball A large, padded, protective leather glove, usually with one sheath for the thumb and one undivided sheath for the remaining fingers, used by catchers and first basemen.
4. Slang A hand or fist.
[Short for mitten.]
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mitt
(mɪt)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers
2. (Clothing & Fashion) short for mitten1
3. (Baseball) baseball a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher. See also glove2
4. (Anatomy) (often plural) a slang word for hand
5. (Boxing) slang a boxing glove
[C18: shortened from mitten]
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mitt
(mɪt)n.
1.
a. a rounded, thickly padded, mittenlike glove used by catchers in baseball.
b. a similar glove used by first basemen.
2. a mitten.
3. Slang. a hand.
4. a padded or cloth mitten for a particular use: oven mitt.
5. a glove that leaves the lower ends of the fingers bare.
[1755–65; short for mitten]
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| Noun | 1. |  mitt - the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt"human, human being, man - any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage arteria digitalis, digital arteries - arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery - dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis - veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus - dorsal and palmar veins of the hand arm - a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb clenched fist, fist - a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting) right hand, right - the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" extremity - that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso ball - a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" metacarpus - the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges |
| 2. |  mitt - the handwear used by fielders in playing baseballbaseball equipment - equipment used in playing baseball |
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