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Hitter   Listen
noun
Hitter  n.  
1.
One who hits or strikes; as, a hard hitter.
2.
(Baseball) The batter; as, there are two strikes on the hitter.
heavy hitter
1.
A baseball player who gets many extra-base hits.
2.
A person who is very important or is very effective at his profession.





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"Hitter" Quotes from Famous Books



... Hopkins now. Toby was not known as a heavy hitter, but managed to connect frequently. He was due for a hit, the crowd yelled at him; whereupon the obliging Toby shot a swift one straight at Young on third. It was a hard ball to trap, and Young juggled it. Jack started ...
— Jack Winters' Baseball Team - Or, The Rivals of the Diamond • Mark Overton
... rejoicing, to King Afridoun and King Herdoub and told them what Sherkan had said, whereat Afridoun was exceeding glad and lightened of anxiety and trouble and said in himself, "No doubt but this Sherkan is the hardest hitter of them with the sword and the dourest at push of pike; and when I have slain him, their hearts will fail them and their strength will be broken." Now Dhat ed Dewahi had written to King Afridoun of this and told him that Sherkan was a cavalier of cavaliers ...
— The Book Of The Thousand Nights And One Night, Volume II • Anonymous
... Sidney Watson, who had made a reputation as a left-fielder, and a hard hitter on the Brooklyn team, had lately been offered the position as manager of the Cardinals, and had taken it. This would be his first season, and, recognizing the faults of the team, he had set about correcting them in an endeavor ...
— Baseball Joe in the Big League - or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles • Lester Chadwick


Words linked to "Hitter" :   heavy hitter, hit, 5-hitter, one-hitter, batter, mover, five-hitter, spanker, striker, two-hitter, 1-hitter, switch-hitter, baseball player, four-hitter, three-hitter, designated hitter, baseball, walloper, ballplayer, slugger, no-hitter, slapper, batsman, 2-hitter, 4-hitter, 3-hitter


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