mitt
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7.9
- noun
- /mɪt/
- Informal
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mano
- Kid, are you handy with your mitts?
You know, he got them grips them mitts, baby.
- You know, he got them grips them mitts, baby.
Examples
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All right, get those mitts on.
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Let me see your mitt.
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I just tried to get my mitts into his business.
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Wash those mitts before you put them anywhere near me!
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Man, look at those mitts!
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My father was a carpenter; his hands were big, hard mitts, and his forearms were muscled.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mike the shoeman's hands were as thick as catcher's mitts and blackened by polish.
Fiction book (2000) -
He waved his mitt in the air to get my attention.
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After the game, he said, 'My mitt is sore from all that catching!'
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She slipped on her mitt to keep her hands warm in the cold.
Synonyms
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1.0
The part at the end of the arm that you use for holding things
Compounds
How Large
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mitt began as a short form of mitten and later became an informal word for 'hand', as in the phrase 'get your mitts off'. So mitt can be used to mean someone's hand in casual speech.