Meaning & use
Mitt
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A type of glove that covers the hand and wrist but leaves some or all fingers exposed or joined together, as used in baseball or boxing.
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The catcher slapped the ball into his mitt.
She pulled on oven mitts before taking the tray out of the oven.
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Informally, "mitts" is also slang for a person's hands, as in "keep your mitts off my food."
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