catcher

== English == === Etymology === From catch + -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈkɛt͡ʃ-/ Rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ), -ɛtʃə(ɹ) Hyphenation: catch‧er === Noun === catcher (plural catchers) Someone or something that catches. (baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher. (chiefly US, colloquial) The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men. Synonym: bottom (archaic) A wrestler. (ice hockey) The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. Synonym: trapper Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”) ==== Coordinate terms ==== (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === recatch == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kat.ʃe/ === Verb === catcher to wrestle (Quebec) to catch (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully) ==== Conjugation ==== === Anagrams === créchât == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cácher cátcher === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English catcher === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkat͡ʃeɾ/ [ˈka.t͡ʃeɾ] Rhymes: -atʃeɾ Syllabification: cat‧cher === Noun === catcher m (plural catchers) (baseball) catcher Synonym: receptor ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.