Glove vs Mushball - What's the difference?
glove | mushball |
An item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers.
A baseball mitt.
(baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.
(slang) A condom.
(baseball) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
To put on a glove.
(cricket) 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.
(sports) A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
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As nouns the difference between glove and mushball
is that glove is an item of clothing other than a mitten, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but allowing independent movement of the fingers while mushball is (sports) a variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.As a verb glove
is (baseball|transitive) to catch the ball in a baseball mitt.glove
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(wikipedia glove)Noun
(en noun)Verb
(glov)- He gloved the line drive for the third out.
- Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
Derived terms
* baseball glove * boxing glove * drop the gloves * fingerless glove * fit like a glove * given the glove * glovey * glovish * hand in glove * iron fist in a velvet glove * kid gloves * the gloves are off * velvet glove * work glove * deglove * glovedSee also
* gauntlet * handshoe * mitten * mittAnagrams
*mushball
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