mitt

noun

ˈmit 

plural mitts

1

: a usually protective covering for the hand: such as

a

: a woman's glove that leaves the fingers uncovered

b

: mitten sense 1

c

: baseball mitt

d

: a mitten that is made out of a thick material and used for taking hot dishes out of an oven

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

Grab some heavy-duty oven/grill mitts to protect your hands from the heat. — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 18 June 2026

In the mitt biz, this is broken down into the categories of mitten (looks like a large winter mitten); pincer, which has the thumb flap directly opposing the other fingers like a hand puppet (which is why they’re also called puppet mitts); and glove, which separates all five fingers. — Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026

Here, submakers pitch baseball-sized hunks of cold cuts across the room, which land like a catcher’s mitt into a spread-open hoagie held by another employee. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026

Grisham caught it, but not before Caballero accidentally hit him in the face with his mitt. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 10 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

short for mitten

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing mitt

• baseball 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