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Hitter

//ˈhɪtɚ// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which hits.

    "The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter."

  2. 2
    (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting wordnet
  3. 3
    An assassin for hire; a hitman. slang

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

  4. 4
    someone who hits wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    A game with a team making a specified number of hits. in-compounds

    "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."

Etymology

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

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