catcher

English

/ˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈkætʃ.ɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • Someone or something that catches.
  • (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
  • (chiefly) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

Etymology

Affix from English catch root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keh₂p-

Gloss

seize, grasp, take, catch, grab, stick to, hold

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