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catcher
UK /ˈkæt͡ʃə/ US /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/
noun 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
best, high, responsible
VERB + CATCHER
called, copies, dream, isn't, think, wasn't
CATCHER + NOUN
i've, rye, school's
PREP.
from, in, on
ADV.
ever
Definitions
noun
1
Someone or something that catches.
2
The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
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.
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.
3
The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
4
A wrestler.
5
The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
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Synonyms
noun — (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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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.
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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 the
Wiktionary03
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
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It happens that we have two copies of Catcher in the Rye.
Tatoeba · #24818705
The other day, we chose Yoshida to be the catcher on our school's baseball team.
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Tom was the catcher.
Tatoeba · #4496338Usage Notes
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