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hittable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English hit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English hittable From hit + -able.

Meanings

1. Able to be hit; fit to be hit
   • Actually, we are both forgetting the most important step in why children are legally hittable and by whom. 1998 January 22, Chris <cddu...@ouray.cudenver.edu>, “3rd try - Gene Answers Lavonne re Criminalizing Home Spanking”, in alt.parenting.spanking (Usenet):
   • he almost stops being a threat altogether because the pitcher knows there's nearly a 2-in-3 chance that Dunn won't even make contact. There's no incentive to throw him an even remotely hittable pitch. 2004 October 1, “Dunn and Morgan”, in alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds (Usenet):
   • Just because the Sox were able to hit the Angels pen doesn't make all pitchers hittable. Overconfidence is a bad thing right now. The Sox do have the best offense out there. BUt that doesn't make the good pitching hittable automatically. 2004 October 9, “The Red Sox just swept...”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet):

Forms

Antonyms

unhittable