mitt

UK: /ˈmɪt/ US: /mɪt/ ,(mit)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

mitt /mɪt/   n. [countable]

1. Sport
   • a rounded, thickly padded, mittenlike glove used by catchers in baseball.
   • a similar glove used by first basemen.
2. Slang Terms a hand.
3. a mitten for a particular use:
   an oven mitt.
4. Clothing a glove that leaves the lower ends of the fingers bare.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mitt  (mit), n. 

1. Sport [Baseball.]
   • a rounded glove with one internal section for the four fingers and another for the thumb and having the side next to the palm of the hand protected by a thick padding, used by catchers.
   • a somewhat similar glove but with less padding and having sections for the thumb and one or two fingers, used by first basemen. Cf. baseball glove. 
2. Clothing a mitten.
3. Slang Terms a hand.
4. Clothing a glove that leaves the lower ends of the fingers bare, esp. a long one made of lace or other fancy material and worn by women.

• short for mitten 1755–65

mitt., 

1. Drugs (in prescriptions) send.

• Latin mitte

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mitt / mɪt/ noun

1. any of various glovelike hand coverings, such as one that does not cover the fingers
2. short for mitten1
3. a large round thickly padded leather mitten worn by the catcher
   See also glove2
4. (often plural)
   a slang word for hand
5. a boxing glove

Etymology: 18th Century: shortened from mitten