mitt

noun

1
a
: a woman's glove that leaves the fingers uncovered
c
: a baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove made in the style of a mitten
2
slang : hand

Examples of mitt in a Sentence

children bundled up in hats and mitts He can hold anything in those big mitts of his.
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To that end, Sanders is handing part of the run game off to Marshall Faulk, two of the surest mitts in NFL history. Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025 Consider how different goalies' pads and mitts were, below, during Gretzky's and Ovechkin's first seasons. Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Move flammable items, like cooking mitts and food packaging, away from the stove. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025 Extended sleeves and thumbholes kept our hands warm, especially when tucked into gloves (that gap between sleeve ends and gloves or mitts was eliminated). Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mitt 

Word History

Etymology

short for mitten

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of mitt was in 1757

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“Mitt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mitt. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

mitt

noun
1
: mitten
2
: a baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove

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