hitter
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edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɪtɚ/, [ˈhɪɾɚ]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
Noun
edithitter (plural hitters)
- One who or that which hits.
- The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
- (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.
- (baseball) One who comes up to bat.
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