Bigmitt

/ˈbɪɡmɪt/ noun

Definition

A baseball glove, especially one that is large, or slang for the hand or a person's mitt in baseball terminology.

Etymology

Compound of 'big' and 'mitt,' where 'mitt' derives from 'mitten.' The term is primarily used in baseball vernacular.

Kelly Says

Baseball slang is one of the most creative linguistic systems in sports—'mitt' comes from mittens but evolved specifically to mean a baseball glove, and 'bigmitt' follows that beautiful tradition of describing things by what they literally look like.

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