Pitcher — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(baseball) the person who does the pitching

an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pˈɪtʃɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/pˈɪtʃə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pˈɪtʃə/

2 syllables Say it as /pˈɪtʃɚ/.

Examples

our pitcher has a sore arm
he has played every position except pitcher
they have a southpaw on the mound

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hurler pitcherful mound ewer twirler

Parts of Speech

noun	(baseball) the person who does the pitching “our pitcher has a sore arm”
noun	an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
noun	the quantity contained in a pitcher
noun	(botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer
noun	the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit “he has played every position except pitcher”

Word Forms

pitch	verb	throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
hurl	verb	throw forcefully
twirl	verb	turn in a twisting or spinning motion

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Krug

(Baseball) die Person, die den Pitch macht

🇫🇷French

lanceur

(baseball) la personne qui lance

🇪🇸Spanish

lanzador

(béisbol) la persona que lanza

🇮🇹Italian

brocca

(baseball) la persona che lancia

🇳🇱Dutch

werper

(honkbal) de persoon die de pitching doet

🇵🇹Portuguese

jarro

(beisebol) a pessoa que faz o arremesso

🇷🇺Russian

кувшин

(бейсбол) человек, который делает подачу

India

🇮🇳Hindi

घड़ा

(बेसबॉल) वह व्यक्ति जो पिचिंग करता है

🇧🇩Bengali

কলস

(বেসবল) যে ব্যক্তি পিচিং করে

🇮🇳Tamil

குடம்

(பேஸ்பால்) பிட்ச் செய்யும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

కాడ

(బేస్ బాల్) పిచింగ్ చేసే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

पिचर

(बेसबॉल) पिचिंग करणारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઘડા

(બેઝબોલ) તે વ્યક્તિ જે પિચિંગ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಿಚರ್

(ಬೇಸ್ ಬಾಲ್) ಪಿಚಿಂಗ್ ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുടം

(ബേസ്ബോൾ) പിച്ചിംഗ് ചെയ്യുന്ന വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਘੜਾ

(ਬੇਸਬਾਲ) ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਪਿਚਿੰਗ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گھڑا

(بیس بال) وہ شخص جو پچنگ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

投手

（棒球）投球的人

🇯🇵Japanese

ピッチャー

(野球) 投球をする人

🇰🇷Korean

피처

(야구) 투구를 하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cái bình

(bóng chày) người ném bóng

🇹🇭Thai

เหยือก

(เบสบอล) บุคคลที่ขว้าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kendi

(bisbol) orang yang melakukan pitching

🇵🇭Filipino

pitsel

(baseball) ang taong gumagawa ng pitching

🇲🇾Malay

kendi

(besbol) orang yang melakukan pitching

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جرة

(البيسبول) الشخص الذي يقوم بالرمي

🇮🇷Persian

پارچ

(بیس بال) شخصی که توپ را انجام می دهد

🇹🇷Turkish

sürahi

(beyzbol) atış yapan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

כַּד

(בייסבול) האדם שעושה את הפיצ'ינג

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