hitter
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hitter
- /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈhɪtɚ/ US
- [ˈhɪɾɚ] US
Rhymes with -ɪtə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).
noun hitters
- One who or that which hits. The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.
