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hitting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪtɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
    • The batter's hitting improved with practice.
    • The right hand of Curtis was open too much; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes. 1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 600:

Forms

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hittings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

power hitting · mean hitting time

hitting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈhɪtɪŋ/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of hit
    form of hit