pitcher
//ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə//
Forms
- Plural
- pitchers
Definitions
1.One who pitches (in any sense) anything
2.The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
3.A drug dealer.(slang)
- To the residents of Spanish Harlem, these pitchers embodied the drug trade at its most sinister; they were the dealers and pushers who were destroying their neighborhood.
4.The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3975
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From pitch + -er.