glove

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ɡlʌv//
//ɡlʊv//
//ɡləv//

An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

noun

1
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.
The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
2
A baseball mitt.
3
figurativeThe 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.
4
slangA condom.
5
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

Etymology

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

verb

1
To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
He gloved the line drive for the third out.
2
To put a glove or gloves on.
Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.
After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.
3
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.

Forms

plural: gloves
past tense: gloved
past participle: gloved
present participle: gloving
third person singular: gloves

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