pitcher

  1. Noun.  One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.
  2. Noun.  (baseball, softball) , the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  3. Noun.  (chiefly, US) (colloquial) The dominant partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men.
  4. Noun.  (Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
  5. Noun.  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.
  6. Noun.  (botany) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See pitcher plant.

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