Meaning of Hitter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who or that which hits.
2. An assassin for hire; a hitman.
   slang
3. One who comes up to bat.
4. A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
   in-compounds

Equivalents

Examples

“The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.”

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

“He struck out six of the last⟳ seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.”

“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.”

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