catcher

About 0.92 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

plate capture thief hitter seeker acquisition batter recipient slugger recruitment

Often followed by

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Word family

catchers