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pitcher

//ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ə//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for pitcher

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Forms

Plural
pitchers

Definitions

  1. 1.One who pitches (in any sense) anything

  2. 2.The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

  3. 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. 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

Word family

Etymology

From pitch + -er.

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