Catcher

English

Noun

Catcher (plural Catchers)

1. Someone or something that catches.
2. (baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher
3. (chiefly US) (colloquial) The submissive partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.

Coordinate terms

• (baseball player): infielder, outfielder, pitcher

Adjectives for Catcher

• (baseball) adroit; alert; courageous; clumsy; befuddled; dependable; fumbling; unpredictable.

Verbs for Catcher

—blocks; —covers; —encourages; —fum¬bles; —misses; —muffs; —recovers; —signals; —steadies; —tags.

Thesaurus

amateur athlete, archer, athlete, ballplayer, baseballer, baseman, batter, battery, blocking back, bowman, captor, capturer, center, coach, competitor, cricketer, defensive lineman, end, footballer, games-player, gamester, guard, infielder, jock, jumper, lineman, offensive lineman, outfield, outfielder, partaker, player, poloist, professional athlete, pugilist, quarterback, racer, skater, sport, sportsman, tackle, tailback, taker, toxophilite, wingback, wrestler

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkætʃ.ə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"k{tS.@(r)/

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• Rhymes: -ætʃə(r)

Translations

that which catches

Dutch: vanger m. Finnish: sieppaaja (fi), pyydystäjä (fi), pyytäjä (fi) French: attrapeur (fr) m. German: Fänger m. Italian: collettore (it) m.

Portuguese: coletor m. Russian: улавливатель (ulávlivatel’) m. Spanish: colector m. Swedish: fångare (sv) c.

baseball player who receives pitches

Chinese: 捕手 (bǔ shǒu) Dutch: catcher (nl) m. and f., achtervanger (nl) m. Finnish: sieppari (fi) French: receveur (fr) m. German: Catcher m.

Japanese: キャッチャー (kyatchā), 捕手 (ほしゅ, hoshu) Korean: 캐처 (kaecheo), 포수 (posu) Portuguese: receptor (pt) m. Spanish: receptor (es) m. Swedish: catcher (sv) c., fångare (sv) c.

Anagrams

• recatch

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French

Verb

Catcher

1. to wrestle
2. (Quebec) to catch
3. (Quebec) to catch, get (understand fully)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of catcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		catcher			avoir catché
gerund		en catchant			en ayant catché
present participle		catchant
past participle		catché
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	catche	catches	catche	catchons	catchez	catchent
	imperfect	catchais	catchais	catchait	catchions	catchiez	catchaient
	past historic1	catchai	catchas	catcha	catchâmes	catchâtes	catchèrent
	future	catcherai	catcheras	catchera	catcherons	catcherez	catcheront
	conditional	catcherais	catcherais	catcherait	catcherions	catcheriez	catcheraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	catche	catches	catche	catchions	catchiez	catchent
	imperfect1	catchasse	catchasses	catchât	catchassions	catchassiez	catchassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	catche	—	catchons	catchez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• créchât