Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who hits or strikes something.
- noun Baseball A batter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who hits or strikes, as in batting, boxing, etc.: as, a hard hitter (that is, one who delivers a hard or heavy blow).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who hits or strikes.
- noun (Baseball) The batter.
- noun A person who is very important or is very effective at his profession.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofhit ; one who hits. - noun baseball One who comes
up to bat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
- noun someone who hits
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Examples
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How good a hitter is the Mets 'Mike Piazza, who has spent his entire career in pitchers' parks?
USATODAY.com 2002
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The alternative as cleanup hitter is C Bengie Molina, who ranked at the bottom of NL cleanup hitters last season with 16 homers and a .445 slugging percentage.
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The clean-up hitter is Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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The clean-up hitter is Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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The clean-up hitter is Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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It looks like a pinch-hitter is being brought in to finish the story based upon his notes.
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Crowe, a switch-hitter, is an all-around athlete with excellent speed who can play all three outfield positions.
USA TODAY's annual list of the 100 Names You Need to Know 2010
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The clean-up hitter is Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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Colorado's hottest hitter is shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who hit .254 and slugged .489 in the first half but hit .342 and slugged .619 after the All-Star break.
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The clean-up hitter is Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky.
Mitchell Bard: The Tea Party All-Stars: The Worst of Extreme GOP Midterm Candidates Mitchell Bard 2010
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