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.
Recent Examples on the Web The brand recommends applying the product with a mitt and using long, sweeping motions. Addie Morton, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2024 That Keep Your Hands Free From Burns Stop risking oven burns with thin fabric mitts. Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024 Holding a blue baseball mitt, 5-year-old Olivia Gillhouse of Chesterton, herky-jerked into a windup and hurled a baseball at the target. Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024 These mitts are easy to use and clean and cover most of my forearms. Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023 The ingredients and bowl will get hot during cooking, so have a mitt handy for lifting them in and out of the microwave oven. Nancy Baggett, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Even in the event of a grill flare-up, these mitts will not catch fire or melt. Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2024 In addition, rooms are stocked with shower cap, nail kit, sewing kit and loofah mitts. Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 Goff, to his credit, threaded some nice passes into his receivers’ mitts, and a couple of drops helped doom them. Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024

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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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Cite this Entry

“Mitt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mitt. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

mitt

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

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