hitter

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hitter (plural hitters)

  1. One who or that which hits.
    The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
  2. (slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.
    • 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset:
      Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter.
  3. (baseball) One who comes up to bat.
    • 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.
  4. (baseball, in combination) A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
    • 1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times‎[2]:
      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.
    • 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times‎[3]:
      Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.
    • 2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times‎[4]:
      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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