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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Elias Pettersson drops the mitts Elias Pettersson, the defenceman, is quickly becoming a fan favourite in Vancouver. Harman Dayal, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025 The objective with any Treasury fund is to keep your state tax collector’s mitts off the interest. William Baldwin, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025 Zack Steffen wore latex medical gloves under his goalie mitts. Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2025 And Clarke definitely lived up to his towering legend, using those mighty mitts of his to coax and command such amazing sounds from the bass. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 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 21 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

mitt

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

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