What does "pitcher" mean?
One who pitches (in any sense) anything
Pitcher
/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One who pitches (in any sense) anything
- Grammar: pitcher is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ewer, hurler, carafe, carafes.
- Useful contrasts: batter, batters, catch.
- Usage evidence: Everyone considers Nomo a great pitcher.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who pitches (in any sense) anything
"A tent pitcher"
- 2 A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
"At length, in a refrigerator, Eve finds a glass pitcher of water, pure, cold, and bright as ever gushed from a fountain among the hills."
- 3 Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English. alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
"She's purtier'n uh pitcher, son, but what in th' name o' thunderin' snakes c'n you do with 'er in this here country?"
- 4 the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit wordnet
- 5 The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
"A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base."
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- 6 A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
- 7 an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring wordnet
- 8 A drug dealer. slang
"To the residents of Spanish Harlem, these pitchers embodied the drug trade at its most sinister; they were the dealers and pushers who were destroying their neighborhood."
- 9 (baseball) the person who does the pitching wordnet
- 10 One who puts counterfeit money into circulation. UK, obsolete, slang
"To discover […] how the honest poor are compelled to hob-and-nob with the “shoful pitcher” and the “gun,” it is necessary to visit the vast nursery-grounds of crime."
- 11 (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer wordnet
- 12 The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men. US, colloquial
- 13 the quantity contained in a pitcher wordnet
- 14 A sort of crowbar for digging. obsolete
- 15 One who makes a pitch or proposal.
"The pitcher of the new film stands to earn millions."
- 16 A person who sells anything in the streets. UK, obsolete, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
"Everyone considers Nomo a great pitcher."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "pitcher"?
Common synonyms include: ewer, hurler, carafe, carafes, cast, dish.
How do you use "pitcher" in a sentence?
Everyone considers Nomo a great pitcher.
How do you pronounce "pitcher"?
Pronounced /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From pitch + -er.
Etymology 2
From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.