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

The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt. —New Atlas, 15 May 2025

And anything with a mitt to avoid orange palms is a win in my book. —Jacquelyn Smith, Parents, 9 May 2025

Matos can see the contrast of the mitt against the lighter background. —Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2025

Amaya turned on a 1-2 fastball from Diamondbacks reliever Ryne Nelson and pulled it toward the left-center-field gap, where center fielder Jake McCarthy got his mitt on the ball but couldn’t reel it in. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 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