English Explanatory Dictionary

catcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone or something that catches.
  2. The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
  3. The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
  4. A wrestler.
  5. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
  6. Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)

Pronunciation

/ˈkæt͡ʃə/ /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/ /ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/ En-us-catcher.ogg

Word forms

catcher catchers

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Vulgar Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Vulgar Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āsjos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English catcher From catch + -er.

Synonyms

bottom trapper

Derived words

baby-catcher babycatcher beau-catcher birdcatcher bird-catcher tree bluff catcher boot catcher catcatcher catcher interference catcher-upper caterpillar catcher cony-catcher cootie catcher cow catcher cowcatcher cum-catcher cum catcher dogcatcher dog-catcher dreamcatcher dream catcher eye-catcher eyecatcher fartcatcher fishcatcher flack catcher flack-catcher flak-catcher flak catcher flycatcher fly-catcher gamecatcher gnatcatcher grass catcher mailcatcher man catcher molecatcher oyster-catcher oystercatcher podcatcher ratcatcher slavecatcher spear catcher spider-catcher spycatcher stonecatcher suncatcher tear catcher time-catcher torpedo catcher whale catcher windcatcher
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