hitter

Noun

hitter (plural hitters)

1. One who or that which hits.
   • The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
2. (slang) An assassin for hire; a hitman.
   • Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter.2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset
3. One who comes up to bat.
   • He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times
4. (in-compounds) A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
   • Mike Flanagan (1-2) hurled a four-hitter in 50-degree weather made colder by wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour. […] Ross Baumgarten (2-1) combined with Lamarr Hoyt on a seven-hitter to hand Detroit its sixth straight loss.1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times
   • Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times
5. The point of 31 in the game of costly colours.