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catcher

Syllables: catch·erUK/ˈkæt͡ʃə//ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/

catcher noun: someone or something that catches. Also the abbreviation of mailcatcher.

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

  1. Someone or something that catches.
  2. The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
    • Finding Dempsey in my mind's eye in January was not quite startling, ...but some other catchers turned up in my hot-stove reveries as well. Bob Boone, for instance.1989 February 13, Roger Angell, Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion, Ballantine Books, page 22
    • 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.2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210
  3. (US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
    Synonyms:
    bottom
  4. (archaic) A wrestler.
  5. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
    Synonyms:
    trapper

Also used as

catcher is also the abbreviation of mailcatcher.

catcher meaning in Tagalog

catcher in Tagalog

baseball player who receives pitches
tagasalo

Examples of catcher in a sentence

  • The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
  • Polls indicated a dead heat for the office of dog catcher.
  • The pitch out enabled the catcher to throw out the runner.

All 40 example sentences with catcher

Synonyms of catcher

Forms of catcher

pluralcatchers

Plural of catcher: catchers

Origin of catcher

From catch + -er.

Words formed from catcher

Phrases with catcher

Words that rhyme with catcher

Questions about catcher

What does catcher mean?
Catcher means someone or something that catches.
What is catcher in Tagalog?
Catcher in Tagalog is tagasalo. See Catcher meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is catcher?
Catcher is a noun.
How do you pronounce catcher?
Catcher is pronounced /ˈkæt͡ʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of catcher?
The plural of catcher is catchers.

Words near catcher in the dictionary

  1. catchdrain
  2. catchdrains
  3. catched
  4. catchedst
  5. catchee
  6. catcher
  7. catcher interference
  8. catcher interferences
  9. catcher's box
  10. catcher's interference
  11. catcher's mask

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