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mitt

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[ 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

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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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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mitt1

C18: shortened from mitten
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Most catchers replaced the laces on their mitts every six months.

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That explains the oversized glove, which for Anderson felt like a jai alai cesta compared with the modest mitts infielders use.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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