pitcher

Meanings

Plural: pitchers

Noun

• (baseball) the person who does the pitching
  • "our pitcher has a sore arm"
• an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
• the quantity contained in a pitcher
• (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit
  • "he has played every position except pitcher"
• One who pitches (in any sense) anything
• The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
• A drug dealer.
• One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
• The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
• A sort of crowbar for digging.
• One who makes a pitch or proposal.
• A person who sells anything in the streets.
• 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.
• A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
• Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.

Synonyms

ewer, hurler, mound, pitcherful, snide pitcher, top, twirler

Related Words

flagon