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hitter

noun
/ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/UK/ˈhɪtɚ/US

Etymology

From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).

  1. derived from *kh₂eyd-✻ — “to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”
  2. derived from *hittijaną✻ — “to come upon, find”
  3. derived from hitta
  4. inherited from hittan
  5. inherited from hitten
  6. formed as hitter — “hit + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who or that which hits.

    • The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.

  2. An assassin for hire

    An assassin for hire; a hitman.

    • Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter.

  3. One who comes up to bat.

    • He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A game with a team making a specified number of hits.

      • Mike Flanagan (1-2) hurled a four-hitter in 50-degree weather made colder by wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour. […] Ross Baumgarten (2-1) combined with Lamarr Hoyt on a seven-hitter to hand Detroit its sixth straight loss.
      • Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.
      • You’ve never pitched a no-hitter or a one-hitter or a two-hitter or a three-hitter, because you’ve never pitched nine innings.

    2. The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA