catcher

Plural: catchers

Noun

• One who catches, especially in baseball.
• (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
• the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
  • "a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment"
  • "a catcher plays behind the plate"
• Someone or something that catches.
• The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
• The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
• A wrestler.
• The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
• Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)

Examples

• He acted as the CATCHER for his opponent’s challenging words, ready to spot fakes.

Synonyms

backstop, bottom, trapper