Pitcher - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈpɪtʃər|  American pronunciation of the word pitcher
Brit.  |ˈpɪtʃə|  British pronunciation of the word pitcher

noun

- (baseball) the person who does the pitching
our pitcher has a sore arm
- an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring (syn: ewer)
- the quantity contained in a pitcher
- (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit (syn: mound)
he has played every position except pitcher

Extra examples

The pitcher goes often to the well, but is broken at last. посл.

A pitcher with 15 wins

The pitcher needs to rest his arm.

A baseball pitcher with an unusual style

The team signed the pitcher to a three-year contract.

...a new pitcher who's pretty green, even by rookie standards...

...a pitcher who is a strikeout artist...

The pitcher's slider is his most effective weapon.

They stole our best pitcher away from our team.

The pitcher has fanned six batters in the first three innings.

There is controversy surrounding the team's decision to trade the star pitcher.

The pitcher toed the rubber.

...as he left the field, the pitcher tipped his lid to the cheering crowd...

...credited the win to the pitcher's sterling performance on the mound...

...his performance as a pitcher is as calculable as the daily tides...

Word forms

noun
singular: pitcher
plural: pitchers
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