catcher

[kach-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that catches.

2. Baseball.,  the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter.

3. a member of an aerialist team, as in a circus, who hangs head down from a trapeze and catches another member who has completed a jump or somersault through the air.

4. Metalworking.,  a person who feeds metal rods through a looping mill.

5. catcher resonator. Electronics.,  Klystron

catcher

/ ˈkætʃə /

noun

1. a person or thing that catches, esp in a game or sport

2. baseball a fielder who stands behind home plate and catches pitched balls not hit by the batter

Word History and Origins

Origin of catcher¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; catch, -er ¹

Example Sentences

After leading the NL batting race for much of the season, the veteran catcher had been mired in a deep slump.

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Taking the mound, V delivered a strike to Yamamoto, who was crouched down as the honorary catcher.

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And catcher Will Smith alertly threw to third, where Laureano was hung out to dry.

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Which seems significant since Rushing is a catcher.

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It was the Dodgers’ first game with three caught stealings since 2021, and it made Smith the first Dodgers catcher with three individually since Russell Martin in 2010.

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