mitt

noun

ˈmit 

1

a

: a woman's glove that leaves the fingers uncovered

b

: mitten sense 1

c

: a baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove made in the style of a mitten

2

slang : hand

Examples of mitt in a Sentence

children bundled up in hats and mitts

He can hold anything in those big mitts of his.

Recent Examples on the Web

Consider how different goalies' pads and mitts were, below, during Gretzky's and Ovechkin's first seasons. —Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2025

Oyuki Shaka Mittens from $75+ ($140) The Shaka Mitts are just like regular mitts, except the pinky is free. —Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 16 Feb. 2025

Hussain and Lawal took advantage of the space and equipment in Northbrook, spending hours with excited boys and girls of different ages eager to try on mitts, practice punches against pads and the heavy punching bag and work through different drills and footwork around the ring. —Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025

To that end, Sanders is handing part of the run game off to Marshall Faulk, two of the surest mitts in NFL history. —Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

short for mitten

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing mitt

• oven mitt
• tip one's mitt

Rhymes for mitt

• bit
• brit
• britt
• chit
• fit
• flit
• grit
• hit
• it
• kitt
• knit
• lit

Kids Definition

mitt

noun

ˈmit 

1

: mitten

2

: a baseball catcher's or first baseman's glove