hitter
nounUK /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈhɪtɚ/
Etymology From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).
1
One who or that which hits.
- The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
2
Slang 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.2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset:
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times:
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Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports In compounds 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.1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times:
- Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times:
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- 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.2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times:
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Card games, Games The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.
- Derived terms
- banjo hitter, big hitter, cleanup hitter, contact hitter, designated hitter, heavy-hitter, heavy hitter, leadoff hitter, no-hitter, one-hitter, pinch hitter, pinch-hitter, pipe-hitter, power hitter, pull hitter, switch-hitter, switch hitter, trail hitter