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hit man

hit man is the alternative form of hitman.

Meaning of hitman

Noun

hitman (plural hitmen)

  1. A male contract killer, especially one paid by a mafia.
    • Their top hitman, Joe Russo, was on the lam after murdering Joe Barboza in San Francisco.2007, Howie Carr, The Brothers Bulger
  2. A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.

Forms of hit man

pluralhit men

Questions about hit man

What is hit man the alternative form of?
Hit man is the alternative form of hitman.

Words near hit man in the dictionary

  1. hit licks
  2. hit like a ton of bricks
  3. hit like a truck
  4. hit list
  5. hit lists
  6. hit man
  7. hit me
  8. hit men
  9. hit off
  10. hit off the line
  11. hit on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hit man (page history and authors); hitman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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