pitcher
One who pitches anythingOne who pitches (in any sense) anything
» Tom filled the pitcher with water.
Tom füllte den Krug mit Wasser.
Том наповнив кувшин водою.
Meaning
10 sensesOne who pitches (in any sense) anything
A tent pitcher
A pitcher of ideas
The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
Pitcher, Werfer
пи́тчерpítčer
the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
(slang)A drug dealer.
(US, colloquial)The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
One who makes a pitch or proposal.
The pitcher of the new film stands to earn millions.
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.
Krug, Karaffe, Kanne
кувши́нkuvšín
an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
(UK, obsolete, slang)One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
(obsolete)A sort of crowbar for digging.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A person who sells anything in the streets.
(baseball) the person who does the pitching
Examples
95 sentencesTom filled the pitcher with water.
Том наповнив кувшин водою.
deTom füllte den Krug mit Wasser.
I was the pitcher.
Я був пітчером.
deIch war der Werfer.
Tom is a really good pitcher.
Tom is a very good pitcher.
Let's order another pitcher of beer.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From pitch + -er. From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small juFrom pitch + -er.
From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.
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Forms
plural: pitchersSynonyms
7 synonyms- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit:mound
- an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring:ewer
- (baseball) the person who does the pitching:hurlertwirler
- the quantity contained in a pitcher:pitcherful
Word family
15 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- isn't the pitcher
- better better pitcher
- good pitcher
- a good pitcher
- better pitcher