hitting

Noun
US[hit-ing]/ˈhɪtɪŋ/2 syllables
Synonyms: hitstriking

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. the act of contacting one thing with another“repeated hitting raised a large bruise”“after three misses she finally got a hit”Synonyms: hitstrikingType of touch, touchingKinds crash, bunt, grounder, fly, plunk, contusion, header, scorcher

Related words hit verb, strike verb, shoot verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

hitting noun

Origin: verbal noun from hit, verb

The act of striking one thing against another; as, repeated hitting raised a large bruise Syn. — hit, striking.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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