pitcher

Meaning

Noun

• One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
• , the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
• The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
• A sort of crowbar for digging.
• A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
• A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.
• Pronunciation spelling of picture

Origin

• Image:Roger clemens 2004.jpg|thumb|right|Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens.
• pitch + -er
• Image:Small pitcher Iran Louvre MAO714.jpg|thumb|right|A pitcher for pouring liquids.
• From Middle English picher, from Old French pichier, pechier, bichier (compare modern French pichet), from Late Latin or Medieval Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος. beaker.