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catcher

/ˈkæt͡ʃəɹ/noun2 syllables

Catcher means: (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher.

Synonyms for catcher3

noun, as in (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

backstop

also used for catcher

bottom, trapper

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What does catcher mean?2

noun

1

(baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

2

the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws“a catcher needs a lot of protective equipment”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with catcher?3

two syllables

thatcherstature

three syllables

dispatcher
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Catcher in a sentence

  • I was having a lot of nightmares, so a friend gave me a dream-catcher.DJ_Saidez
  • It happens that we have two copies of Catcher in the Rye.CM
  • The other day, we chose Yoshida to be the catcher on our school's baseball team.CM
  • I have an American dream catcher.Fenrir
  • I have a dream-catcher in my room, but I don't think it works. It's pretty, though.DJ_Saidez
  • Tom called the dog catcher to report several stray dogs in his neighborhood.CK
  • Tom is the best high school catcher I've ever seen.CK
  • I know that Tom isn't the pitcher. I think that he's the catcher.CK

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Forms of catcher

as a noun

plural
catchers