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pitcher

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə/

The English word “pitcher” has 10 meanings listed here.

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.
  9. 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.
  10. A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

Etymology

From pitch + -er.

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