noun
mitt
miht
noun
1
A mitten, or a similar padded, thumb-separated glove.
"She pulled on an oven mitt before taking the tray out."
"The catcher slapped the ball into his mitt."
2
Informal word for a hand.
"Get your mitts off my sandwich!"
How to Use Mitt
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA padded glove (like a baseball or oven mitt), or slang for "hand."
Common pairings
oven mitt
baseball mitt
get your mitts off
Word Forms
mitts plural
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Etymology
A shortened form of "mitten."