English Explanatory Dictionary

pitcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who pitches (in any sense) anything
  2. The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  3. A drug dealer.
  4. One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
  5. The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
  6. A sort of crowbar for digging.
  7. One who makes a pitch or proposal.
  8. A person who sells anything in the streets.
noun
  1. 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.
  2. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
noun
  1. Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃə] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pitcher.wav /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈpʰɪt͡ʃɹ̩]

Word forms

pitcher pitchers

Etymology

From pitch + -er.

Synonyms

snide pitcher top

Related words

flagon

Derived words

fly-pitcher nonpitcher pitchered pitcherlike relief pitcher starting pitcher switch pitcher Charley-pitcher little pitcher little pitchers have big ears pitcher-bawd pitcherful pitcher plant pitcher sage rinse-pitcher the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last moom pitcher
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