Antonyms for mitt
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : mit |
Phonetic Transcription : mɪt |
Definition of mitt
Origin :- 1765, shortened form of mitten (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of "hand" is from 1896.
- As in arrest : noun taking into custody
- As in fist : noun clenched hand
- As in glove : noun hand covering for warmth, protection
- As in hand : noun appendage at end of human arm,
- High and close to Copley's chin the ball whistled into Eliot's mitt.
- Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
- Chuckleson lifted a foul that dropped into Shackleton's mitt.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
- It's possible you've never heard of 'Mitt' Bender, our crack pitcher.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish
- You'll excuse me, Miss Deane, if I didn't tip all my mitt to you the other day.
- Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche
- Jonathan drew off a mitt and felt of the lad's clothes from his calves to his waist.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail, M.D. » by Norman Duncan
- But the new, white ball was safe in the mitt of Dutch Housenlager.
- Extract from : « Batting to Win » by Lester Chadwick
- It landed in the mitt of the catcher with a resounding thud.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Central League » by Lester Chadwick
- Drawing off his mitt he ascertained that the ashes in the stove were still warm.
- Extract from : « The Peace of Roaring River » by George van Schaick
- Father had dropped his mitt, and without that his hand would be froze.
- Extract from : « A Man in the Open » by Roger Pocock
- The batter struck at it after it had passed him, and it cracked in Dean's mitt.
- Extract from : « The Young Pitcher » by Zane Grey
Synonyms for mitt
- accommodation
- apprehension
- appropriation
- bag
- booby trap
- bust
- captivity
- capture
- clasp
- clenched fist
- clutch
- collar
- commitment
- confinement
- constraint
- crimp
- detention
- drop
- extremity
- fall
- fin
- fist
- gaff
- gage
- gauntlet
- glom
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- ham
- hand
- heat
- hold
- hook
- imprisonment
- incarceration
- including fingers duke
- jailing
- metacarpus
- mitt
- mitten
- muff
- nab
- nail
- nick
- nip
- palm
- paw
- phalanges
- pick up
- pickle
- pinch
- preventive custody
- protective custody
- pull
- pull in
- restraining
- run in
- sequestering
- shaker
- snare
- sweep
- vise
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