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pitcher
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?t??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t??(?)
- Homophone: picture (US, regional)
Etymology 1
pitch +? -er
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
- (baseball, softball), the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
- (chiefly US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
- (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
Translations
Further reading
- pitcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier (“small jug”), bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin p?c?rium, alteration of b?c?rium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek ????? (bîkos). Doublet of beaker.
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- 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.
- (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
Derived terms
- little pitchers have big ears
Translations
Further reading
- Pitcher (container) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
Noun
pitcher (plural pitchers)
- Pronunciation spelling of picture, representing dialectal English.
- 1934, William Byron Mowery, Challenge of the North:
- She's purtier'n uh pitcher, son, but what in th' name o' thunderin' snakes c'n you do with 'er in this here country?
- 2015, Stephen Gresham, Rockabye Baby:
- Nineteen sixty-nine, shore as hell, Clay Lawrence —that magazine had uh pitcher of ya—was uh All-American defensive back at the University of Missouri.
- 1934, William Byron Mowery, Challenge of the North:
Anagrams
- Petrich, priceth, repitch
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French piquer (“to pierce with the tip of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin p?ccare (“to sting, strike”), from Frankish *pikk?n.
Verb
pitcher
- to prick
Spanish
Etymology
From English.
Noun
pitcher m (plural pitchers)
- Alternative spelling of pícher
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washstand
English
Etymology
wash +? stand
Noun
washstand (plural washstands)
- (furniture) A table containing a basin and a pitcher of water for washing
- (dated) In a stable or garage, a place in the floor prepared so that carriages or automobiles may be washed there and the water run off.
- 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine
- Washstand in an Electric Garage. […] In a few garages arrangements are made for washing cars in any position on the storage floor, so that it is not necessary to move them on to and off the washrack.
- 1916, Horseless Age: The Automobile Trade Magazine
Coordinate terms
- (table): dry sink
Translations
Further reading
- washstand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Washstand in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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