English > pitcher: 5 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | (baseball) the person who does the pitching. |
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| Example | "our pitcher has a sore arm" |
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| Synonyms | hurler, twirler |
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| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
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| softball, softball game | A game / game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond / diamond and with a ball that is larger / larger and softer |
| Narrower | left-handed pitcher, left-hander, left hander, lefthander, lefty, southpaw | A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand |
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| reliever, relief pitcher, fireman | A pitcher who does not start the game |
| right-handed pitcher, right-hander | (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand |
| screwballer | (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs |
| starting pitcher | (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game |
| Broader | ballplayer, baseball player | An athlete who plays baseball |
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| thrower | someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm) |
| Spanish | lanzador, twirler |
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| Catalan | llançador, pitcher |
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| Verbs | pitch | throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball |
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