mitt

mitt
n
the hand. A shortening of 'mitten', first used to mean glove (particularly in box-ing and baseball) and, later, the hand. This American slang term, popular among pugilists and underworld 'tough guys', crossed the Atlantic in the early 20th century. 'Mitten' itself is from an old French word (mitain(e)) which was either a pet name for a cat or a corrup-tion of the Latin media; half(-fingered). 'He started with a cartwheel/finished in the splits/leaving Salome with his toupee in her mits.'
(Salome Maloney, the Sweetheart of the Ritz, poem by John Cooper Clarke, 1980)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • Mitt — Mitt, n. [Abbrev. fr. mitten.] 1. A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers, usually worn by women. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball) A large glove, usually made of leather or similar material, with differing degrees of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • mitt — [mit] n. [contr. < MITTEN] 1. a woman s glove, often of lace or net, covering part of the arm, the hand, and sometimes part of the fingers 2. MITTEN 3. a padded glove or mitten for a specified use [dusting mitt ] ☆ 4. Slang a hand …   English World dictionary

  • mitt — [mıt] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: mitten] 1.) a type of ↑glove that does not have separate parts for each finger = ↑mitten ▪ ski mitts ▪ an oven mitt (=a thick glove used to protect your hand when you hold hot pans) 2.) a type of leather ↑glove …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • mitt — (n.) 1765, shortened form of MITTEN (Cf. mitten) (q.v.). Baseball sense is from 1902. Slang sense of hand is from 1896 …   Etymology dictionary

  • mitt — ► NOUN 1) a mitten. 2) a fingerless glove. 3) informal a person s hand …   English terms dictionary

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  • mitt — UK [mɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms mitt : singular mitt plural mitts 1) a) a thick mitten that you wear on your hands to protect them an oven mitt b) in baseball, a type of glove that you use for catching the ball 2) informal a hand Keep… …   English dictionary

  • mitt — 1. noun /mɪt/ a) A mitten b) An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt See Also: mitten 2. adverb /mɪt/ a) m …   Wiktionary

  • mitt — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. glove, baseball glove, catcher s mitt, first baseman s mitt; see glove …   English dictionary for students

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