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mitt

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noun

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.
a mitten.
Slang. a hand.
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.

abbreviation for

(in prescriptions) send.

mitt

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noun

any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers
short for mitten
baseball a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher See also glove
often plural a slang word for hand
slang.
a boxing glove

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Word 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of mitt¹

C18: shortened from mitten

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Then, with Barnes holding his catcher’s mitt low in the zone, Miller fired a fastball that stayed up and over the plate.

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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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