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

Oven mitts can collect grease, food splatters, crumbs, and bacteria over time. — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 28 June 2026

Varland's first pitch to Corey Seager bounced in front of the plate and ricocheted off Alejandro Kirk's mitt. — CBS News, 28 June 2026

Nine Gators got their mitts on him, and none of them could bring him down on a 75-yard touchdown. — Bruce Feldman, New York Times, 25 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

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