Glove
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:12 pts5 letters
Definition of Glove
Noun
- An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
"I wore gloves to keep my hands warm."
- A baseball mitt.
- The ability to catch a hit ball.
"Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros."
- A condom.
- A challenge from one to another.
"to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it"
Verb
- To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
"He gloved the line drive for the third out."
- To put a glove or gloves on.
"Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger."
- To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.<!--This second sentence is relevant because it means the batsman can be out caught, but not out LBW, the same as any other shot where the batsman hits the ball with his bat. User:Mglovesfun-->