hitting
/ˈhɪtɪŋ/
hitting noun: a series of hits or blows directed at a person or object. Also the present participle and gerund of hit.
Noun
hitting (countable and uncountable, plural hittings)
- A series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
- The batter's hitting improved with practice.
- The right hand of Curtis was open too much; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism, page 600
Also used as
hitting is also the present participle and gerund of hit.
hitting meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Nepali
hitting in Tamil
- அடிப்பது, அடிக்கிறது
hitting in Malayalam
- അടിക്കുന്നു
hitting in Kannada
- ಹೊಡೆಯುವುದು
hitting in Nepali
- हिर्काउँदै
Forms of hitting
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Words formed from hitting
Phrases with hitting
- hitting on
- hitting up
- hitting off
- hitting out
- hitting away
- hitting back
- hitting home
- hitting send
- hitting time
- hitting upon
- hitting with
- king hitting
90 more phrasesFewer phrases
- hitting it up
- hitting licks
- hitting pause
- hitting times
- hitting a lick
- hitting a snag
- hitting a wall
- hitting bottom
- hitting it big
- hitting it off
- hitting a stain
- hitting partner
- hitting paydirt
- hitting the fan
- hitting the gas
- hitting the gym
- hitting the hay
- hitting the pan
- hitting one hard
- hitting partners
- hitting pay dirt
- hitting the deck
- hitting the dirt
- hitting the gold
- hitting the head
- hitting the mark
- hitting the rack
- hitting the road
- hitting the roof
- hitting the sack
- hitting the silk
- hitting the spot
- hitting the wall
- hitting different
- hitting the board
- hitting the books
- hitting the floor
- hitting the rocks
- hitting the sauce
- hitting the shops
- hitting the skids
- hitting the trail
- hitting a home run
- hitting it for six
- hitting on all six
- hitting the bottle
- hitting the bricks
- hitting the button
- hitting the sheets
- hitting the shower
- hitting the stores
- hitting them licks
- hitting up against
- mean hitting times
- hitting and running
- hitting one's marks
- hitting rock bottom
- hitting the buffers
- hitting the ceiling
- hitting the jackpot
- hitting the shelves
- hitting the showers
- hitting the streets
- hitting a brick wall
- hitting a false note
- hitting like a truck
- hitting the big time
- hitting the pavement
- hitting the headlines
- hitting below the belt
- hitting the high notes
- hitting someone for six
- hitting the accelerator
- hitting it from the back
- hitting on all cylinders
- hitting too close to home
- hitting above one's weight
- hitting below one's weight
- hitting it and quitting it
- hitting the ground running
- hitting into the long grass
- hitting like a ton of bricks
- hitting the nail on the head
- hitting with the stupid stick
- hitting one out of the ballpark
- hitting two birds with one shot
- hitting one out of the ball park
- hitting someone when they are down
- hitting two targets with one arrow
- falling out of the ugly tree and hitting every branch
Words that rhyme with hitting
Questions about hitting
- What does hitting mean?
- Hitting means a series of hits or blows directed at a person or object.
- What is hitting in Tamil?
- Hitting in Tamil is அடிப்பது, அடிக்கிறது. See Hitting meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hitting?
- Hitting is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hitting?
- Hitting is pronounced /ˈhɪtɪŋ/.
- What is the plural of hitting?
- The plural of hitting is hittings.
Words near hitting in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hitting (page history and authors); hitting (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hitting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hitting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hitting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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