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pitcher

1

[ pich-er ]

noun

  1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
  2. Botany.
    1. a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
    2. an ascidium.


pitcher

2

[ pich-er ]

noun

  1. a person who pitches.
  2. Baseball. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter.
  3. Also called number seven iron. Golf. a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitching niblick.

Pitcher

3

[ pich-er ]

noun

  1. Molly Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.

pitcher

1

/ ˈ±èɪ³Ùʃə /

noun

  1. a large jug, usually rounded with a narrow neck and often of earthenware, used mainly for holding water
  2. botany any of the urn-shaped leaves of the pitcher plant
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pitcher

2

/ ˈ±èɪ³Ùʃə /

noun

  1. baseball the player on the fielding team who pitches the ball to the batter
  2. a granite stone or sett used in paving
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pitcher1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, from Medieval Latin ±è¾±³¦Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾, variant of ²ú¾±³¦Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ beaker

Origin of pitcher2

First recorded in 1700–10; pitch 1 + -er 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pitcher1

C13: from Old French pichier, from Medieval Latin ±è¾±³¦Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾, variant of ²ú¾±³¦Äå°ù¾±³Ü³¾ beaker
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Idioms and Phrases

see little pitchers have big ears .
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Example Sentences

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Then she became a private coach, helping many others become great pitchers.

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And as coaches started getting early information of what had happened to the pitcher, they almost couldn’t believe the gravity of the situation.

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This will be the first season that linebacker JonJon Vaughns has participated in spring practice after giving up his role as a corner outfielder and relief pitcher on the baseball team.

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Veteran pitcher Tyler Glasnow, meanwhile, was in the midst of one of his best seasons, not yet sidelined by the elbow injury that would end his campaign early and rule him out of the playoffs.

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Rated one of the best pitchers and hitters in Orange County, Kennedy has the numbers to back the hype.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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