Dictionary

catcher en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/ (General-American)
/ˈkæt͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(General-American) audio
/ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Indo-European *kaptós Proto-Italic *kaptos Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English catcher From catch + -er.

Meanings

Someone or something that catches.
The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
- A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base. 2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210:
- At the plate the catcher is responsible for catching pitches, keeping mispitched balls in front of the plate, calling pitches that are normally done through hand signals, picking off runners, and they are considered the leaders of the field. 2021, University of the District of Columbia, “The plate umpire may suspend play because of darkness”, in Course Hero:
- Finding Dempsey in my mind's eye in January was not quite startling, ...but some other catchers turned up in my hot-stove reveries as well. Bob Boone, for instance. 1989 February 13, Roger Angell, Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion, Ballantine Books, page 22:
(US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
(archaic) A wrestler.
The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)
alt of mailcatcher

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
catchers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

infielder · baseman · pitcher · pitcher (baseball player) · outfielder (baseball player) · outfielder · infielder (baseball player)

Translations (46)

ja キャッチャー (baseball player who receives pitches) · nl vanger (that which catches) · cy daliwr (that which catches) · el πιάστης (that which catches) · nl achtervanger (baseball player who receives pitches) · mi tautopenga (baseball player who receives pitches) · hu elkapó (baseball player who receives pitches) · cmn 捕手 (baseball player who receives pitches) · eo kaptanto (baseball player who receives pitches) · pt receptor (baseball player who receives pitches) · bg кетчър (baseball player who receives pitches) · ja 捕手 (baseball player who receives pitches) · fi pyydystäjä (that which catches) · ca receptor (baseball player who receives pitches) · es receptor (baseball player who receives pitches) · cs zadák (baseball player who receives pitches) · sv fångare (baseball player who receives pitches) · tl tagasalo (baseball player who receives pitches) · bg уловител (that which catches) · fr receveuse (baseball player who receives pitches) · sv fångare (that which catches) · de Fängerin (baseball player who receives pitches) · nl catcher (baseball player who receives pitches) · hu fogó (that which catches) · pt coletor (that which catches) · de Catcher (baseball player who receives pitches) · de Fänger (that which catches) · ru кэ́тчер (baseball player who receives pitches) · sv catcher (baseball player who receives pitches) · de Catcherin (baseball player who receives pitches) · fi pyytäjä (that which catches) · fi sieppaaja (that which catches) · it ricevitore (baseball player who receives pitches) · fr receveur (baseball player who receives pitches) · es colector (that which catches) · fi sieppari (baseball player who receives pitches) · cs chytač (baseball player who receives pitches) · ca receptora (baseball player who receives pitches) · ang fenġa (that which catches) · ko 포수 (baseball player who receives pitches) · it collettore (that which catches) · ko 캐처 (baseball player who receives pitches) · ru ула́вливатель (that which catches) · lt gaudytojas (that which catches) · de Fänger (baseball player who receives pitches) · fr attrapeur (that which catches)