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one-hitting

one-hitting is the present participle and gerund of one-hit.

Meaning of one-hit

Verb

one-hit (third-person singular simple present one-hits, present participle one-hitting, simple past and past participle one-hit)

  1. (transitive) To defeat or kill in a single hit.
    • No, one-hitting a dude with a basic spell isn't particularly challenging, but god does it feel good knowing I can only pull that off because I stacked rare Gifts in comically broken ways.2019 September 26, Austin Wood, “Code Vein review: "A janky but strangely satisfying dungeon-crawler"”, in GamesRadar+
  2. (transitive) To pitch so that the other team only makes a single hit.
    • The Dodgers beat Arizona on Thursday afternoon, 6-3, with Chris Heisey hitting a grand slam and five relievers combining to one-hit the Diamondbacks over the final four innings.2015 September 24, Bill Shaikin, “Dodgers getting excited about possible division title after beating Arizona, 6-3”, in Los Angeles Times

Questions about one-hitting

What is one-hitting the present participle and gerund of?
One-hitting is the present participle and gerund of one-hit.

Words near one-hitting in the dictionary

  1. one-hit wonder
  2. one-hit wonders
  3. one-hits
  4. one-hitter
  5. one-hitters
  6. one-hitting
  7. one-holer
  8. one-holers
  9. one-horse
  10. one-horse lawyer
  11. one-horse lawyers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: one-hitting (page history and authors); one-hit (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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