catcher

Meaning

1. Someone or something that catches.
2. The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
3. (US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
4. (archaic) A wrestler.
5. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)

Synonyms

backstop

collator

collector

compiler

gleaner

kidnaper

kidnapper

picker

receiver

separator

snare

trapper

catcher boat

collector grid

catcher grid

drip catcher

Translations

Fänger

attrapeur

receveur

collettore

vanger

coletor

colector

receptor

receptor

Catcher

receptor

catcher

achtervanger

apanhador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæt͡ʃə/

Etymology

From catch + -er.