catcher

See also: Catcher and cátcher

English

Etymology

catch + -er

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkætʃ.ɚ/, /ˈkɛtʃ.ɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ)

Noun

catcher (plural catchers)

  1. Someone or something that catches.
  2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
  3. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

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French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

catcher

  1. to wrestle
  2. (Quebec) to catch
  3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)

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Spanish

Noun

catcher m (plural catchers)

  1. (baseball) catcher
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