Definition of MITT

mitt

Plural: mitts

Noun

  • A type of glove, especially a large padded baseball glove.
  • the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
    • "he extended his mitt"
  • the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
  • A mitten
  • An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
  • A hand.

Examples

  • He needed to keep a close MITT on his valuable ’Z’ tile.
  • Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Origin / Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Synonyms

baseball glove, baseball mitt, glove, hand, manus, paw

Scrabble Score: 6

mitt: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mitt: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mitt: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

mitt: valid Words With Friends Word