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pitcher
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t??(?)
- Homophone: picture (US, regional)
Etymology 1
pitch +? -er
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
- (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
- (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
Translations
Further reading
- pitcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin p?c?rium, alteration of b?c?rium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek ????? (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- 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.
- (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
Derived terms
- little pitchers have big ears
Translations
Further reading
- Pitcher (container) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.
- 1934, William Byron Mowery, Challenge of the North:
- 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?
- 2015, Stephen Gresham, Rockabye Baby:
- Nineteen sixty-nine, shore as hell, Clay Lawrence —that magazine had uh pitcher of ya—was uh All-American defensive back at the University of Missouri.
- 1934, William Byron Mowery, Challenge of the North:
Anagrams
- Petrich, priceth, repitch
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin p?ccare (“to sting, strike”), from Frankish *pikk?n.
Verb
pitcher
- to prick
Spanish
Etymology
From English.
Noun
pitcher m (plural pitchers)
- Alternative spelling of pícher
pitcher From the web:
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thrower
English
Etymology
throw +? -er
Pronunciation
Noun
thrower (plural throwers)
- Someone who throws.
- Something that throws.
- (archaic) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster.
- (archaic) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
- (cricket) A bowler who illegally throws the ball instead of bowling it.
- (baseball, slang, 1800s) The pitcher.
Derived terms
- discus thrower
- flamethrower
- javelin thrower
- sand thrower
Translations
Anagrams
- rethrow
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