pitcher

Meaning

1. One who pitches (in any sense) anything
2. The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
3. (slang) A drug dealer.
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) One who puts counterfeit money into circulation.
5. (US, colloquial) The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
6. (obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
7. One who makes a pitch or proposal.
8. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person who sells anything in the streets.

Synonyms

jug

jar

🫙

ewer

pot

vase

twirler

hurler

water jug

mound

bottle

pitcherful

crock

water-pot

flagon

teapot

🫖

vessel

water pitcher

water pot

earthen pot

container

retort

server

stoop

stoup

water bag

tub

caster

carafe

vat

glass-vessel

watering can

bowler

large earthen water-jar

earthenware pot

bowl

watering-pot

basin

goblet

etc

earthenware

jugful

cruse

Translations

Krug

brocca

cruche

jarro

pichet

kruik

lanceur

cántaro

kan

broc

caraffa

Werfer

cântaro

κανάτα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: picher

Cognate with French: pichet

In summary

From pitch + -er.